Clinical Nurse Specialist, Liaison Psychiatry Service
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An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Liaison Psychiatry Service. You will have a real passion for mental health care and be able to work in a challenging and dynamic environment. As a Specialist Psychiatric Nurse you will be committed to providing high quality acute assessment in the Emergency Department and providing ongoing care and expertise to any patient admitted with co‑morbid psychiatric care needs. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from Registered Mental Health Nurses with experience of providing therapies such as CBT or EMDR.
Therefore, we are seeking a confident and accomplished practitioner to join our accredited service and help realise the shared vision of "high quality care for all". The ideal candidate must have at least 2 years of experience of acute (Crisis/Liaison) assessment at Band 6 level or above. This is a full‑time (1.00 wte) permanent post.
Your main duties include seeing, assessing and treating patients that are attending acute services, primarily in the Emergency Department. This may involve delivering a range of nursing and psychosocial interventions to individual patients and their families, as appropriate. You are likely to be assisting and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations. You will be working within a team but often as an autonomous clinical specialist within the general hospital. Your role also requires consultation, liaison and teaching general hospital staff at all levels.
The Service runs from 0700‑2100 hrs, 7 days a week and you will be required to work shifts covering evenings and weekends. The Service may extend to provide 24‑hour care with possible commissioning changes.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and more than 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as “Good” overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward‑thinking multi‑award‑winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world‑leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.
For further details or informal visits, contact: Janice Barnes, Modern Matron, janice.barnes@UHBW.nhs.uk, Telephone: 0117 3429 214.
Holly Starkey, Holly.Starkey@uhbw.nhs.uk.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.
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