Band 6 Mental Health Liaison Practitioner

Job overview

The Mental Health Liaison Team provides a comprehensive service to patients/service users, carers and clinical colleagues based within the Weston General Hospital.

Offering an assessment service to patients presenting with a range of undifferentiated mental health and psychological problems, and psychiatric illness.

Providing a mental health consultation liaison and advice service.

Delivering a range of nursing and psychosocial interventions to individual patients and their families, as appropriate.

Assisting and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.

Providing formal and informal education and clinical supervision to registered and unregistered staff.

Representing mental health services within the general hospital.

Providing a communication structure between the general hospital, secondary mental health services, primary care and non-statutory services, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care.

You will have excellent communication skills, be able to work autonomously, and have an interest in supporting those experiencing both physical and mental health needs.

In order to promote the early detection and identification of mental health symptoms you will be required to provide training and education to healthcare staff within the acute hospital and offer information and management advice on mental health presentations, define pathways and offer signposting .

We recognise the value of having good working relationships and open lines of communication with our partners in the general hospital and the role incorporates building on these working relationships.

This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with AWP trust policy all newly qualified social workers (NQSW) will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of advertised role banding. All NQSW’s are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within 2 years of employment, unless there are exceptional circumstances in which case it may be extended for a further 2 years.

Please see attached Job Description file for a full list of duties and responsibilities.