Are you a confident, experienced mental health clinician looking for a rewarding challenge?
We are expanding our vital service into a full 24‑hour operation, and we’re looking for exceptional practitioners—including Mental Health Nurses—to help us grow.
In this role, you will work dynamically across the acute general hospital, providing high‑quality mental health assessments, care, advice, and training to both the Emergency Departments and inpatient wards.
You’ll be working with both working‑age and older adults, utilising your strong clinical skills to create tailored care formulations.
You will have excellent interpersonal skills that you will use to facilitate high quality mental health assessments, and to build good working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
You will be committed to the parity of esteem agenda, and work closely with both physical and mental health clinicians to ensure a seamless delivery of care.
It is a 24‑hour service 7 days a week at the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, and when required the William Harvey Hospital.
In return for the above, we offer real commitment to your professional development, and regular supervision within a supportive working environment.
Main duties of the job
* Work as part of a psychiatric liaison team providing a liaison and assessment service 7 days per week that will involve working unsocial hours and public holidays.
* Offer an assessment service to patients aged 18+ (with no upper age limit) presenting at the general hospital with a broad range of mental health and psychological problems, and diagnosed psychiatric illnesses.
* Provide a mental health consultation, liaison and advice service throughout the departments.
* Deliver a range of evidence based psychosocial interventions to individual patients as required.
* Assist and support general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.
* Provide formal and informal education and case consultation to registered and unregistered staff.
* Represent mental health services within the Hospitals.
* Provide a communication structure between secondary mental health services, primary care and non‑statutory services, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care.
About us
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway.
Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Job responsibilities
* To work as part of a psychiatric liaison team providing a liaison and assessment service 7 days per week that will involve working unsocial hours and public holidays.
* Offer an assessment service to patients aged 18+ (with no upper age limit) presenting at the general hospital with a broad range of mental health and psychological problems, and diagnosed psychiatric illnesses.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Training, Qualifications and Registration
* Registered Professional Qualification in Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy or Social Work, including registration with the relevant regulatory body.
* Qualified Mentor (998 or equivalent)/ Accredited Practice Educator (APPLE programme for OT).
Knowledge
* Up to date knowledge of national and local guidance relevant to Liaison Psychiatry Service.
* Experience in older adult assessment.
Assessment
* Robust Mental Health Needs assessment including risk, mental state and formulation.
Experience
* Minimum of 18 months post qualification practice experience in mental health - any age.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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