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Job Overview - Older Person Mental Health Nurse Band 6
Part time 37.5 hours a week
A specialist opportunity has arisen for an Older People Mental Health Liaison Practitioner to work within our friendly and supportive liaison service (OPMH) based at St Richard's General Hospital, Chichester.
The Post cover attendances in the Emergency Department and St Richards Hospital wards
The role is as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing high standards of assessments and treatment for older people (65 and older) admitted to St Richard's.
This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).
Main duties of the job
* To provide comprehensive assessments/ risk assessments of mental health specific to the needs of the client, in line with the ethos and targets of the liaison service.
* To manage clients 65 years and over with complex mental health needs, considering how risks can be best managed within a general hospital environment.
* To be able to communicate with and meet the needs of families and carers as appropriate to the care group and the individual client.
Working for your organisation
Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has teaching status and is developing into one of the country’s leading teaching mental health trusts. We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Martin Ryan Job title: Team Leader Email address: Martin.ryan1@nhs.net Telephone number: 07738757597
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
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Part-time
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Health Care Provider
* Industries
Mental Health Care
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