Job summary
- Main area
- Band 6 RMN - MH Liaison service
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-A-7892
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Broomfield Hospital
- Town
- Broomfield, Chelmsford
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Band 6 RMN MH Liaison team
Band 6
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
The post holder carries responsibility for the assessment and advising on management of patients presenting with mental health difficulties on wards and within the Accident and Emergency Department at Mid Essex Hospital Service NHS Trust at Broomfield.
They will be required to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team in close co-operation with hospital based and primary health care based professionals. They will be responsible for the maintenance of standards of care within the Team and actively participate in the training and education of staff from allied agencies.
The fully developed CORE 24 team will enable the opportunity for extending joint work with already established on-site specialist services. The post holder will support and enable specialist expertise in integrated physical and mental health approaches and intensive support for dementia. The post holder will provide additional support in the active management of those with psychological issues related to frequent attendances to the general hospital.
Main duties of the job
To develop & maintain specialist clinical skills and expertise in the assessment of people with mental health needs and dementia.
To receive and assess referrals from the general wards and Accident and Emergency Department.
To offer advice on management of patients with mental health issues and dementia.
To promote the understanding of the mental health liaison role and mental health care through formal and informal teaching.
Undertake professional, clinical and managerial supervision in line with trust policies and procedures, discussing the overall nature of the workload, work methods and techniques, whilst evaluating clinical practice.
The post holder will be expected to the undertaking of assessments as well as planning, implementing and evaluating individualised care packages for patients
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Act at all times in accordance with:
Midwifery and Nursing Council Code of Professional Practice 2008
Scope of Professional Practice
Standards for Medicines management 2008
Guidelines for Records and Record keeping 2007
PREP and you updated 2008
NMC Record Keeping 2008
To review at regular intervals with the Clinical Lead the overall nature of the workload, work methods and techniques and evaluating clinical practice as a whole.
Establish and maintain professional and effective working relationships with allied professionals.
Complete mandatory training in line with Trust policy and procedures
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Professional Qualification (OT, Social Work, RMN)
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of an understanding of the principle of governance and implications for professionals practice
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to build relationships and negotiate satisfactory outcomes
- Ability to deal sensitively and decisively with conflict management
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Mweta
- Job title
- Matron - MH Liaison Mid, South East & West teams
- Email address
- [email protected]
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