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Band 6 Mental Health Liaison Practitioner - Hillview Lodge, Bath - C9342-25-0303
Bath
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for substantive positions within the Mental Health Liaison Team in BANES. We are looking to recruit registered practitioners (RMN, OT or Social Worker) who has an interest in working with individuals who have presented to the Royal United Hospital (RUH).
We are looking for individuals, who are interested in working with adults (18+) who may present following an episode of self-injury to the Emergency Department or on a general medical ward and for Older Adults who may have a cognitive impairment, delirium who may have complex physical health needs. However, the team offer learning opportunities to work alongside service users experiencing medically unexplained symptoms, functional disorders and severe and enduring mental illnesses while admitted for physical health treatment at the Royal United Hospital.
The team covers a 7 day working week, 365 days a year - with a pattern of shifts 8 am to 4pm, 9-5pm, 10am to 6pm, 12 to 8pm and 4pm to midnight. However flexible would be considered to ensure promotion of your own work/life balance.
You will be joining an established and experienced band 6 nurse team, who we invite and encourage you to spend time with to see how exciting this job can be as no two days are ever the same!
The team are looking for a like-minded individuals, who is enthusiastic and self-motivated, with an eagerness to learn, or those who already have excellent biopsychosocial assessment and risk management skills.
Main duties of the job
Mental Health Liaison practitioners are accountable for the provision of a responsive, needs-led mental health assessment and short-term intervention service to adults presenting to the RUH with mental health problems. Promotion of a positive attitude and a supportive culture is key in relation to psychiatric illness across the general hospital.
You will be integral to improved patient journey and outcomes for those individuals referred to the team, and should be willing to work in a flexible, but exciting way to provide exemplary care to patients, as well as support for the acute hospital. Continued awareness of the effect and impact physical health conditions have upon the mental health of service users is crucial, and development of good working relationships with both the RUH and community teams is necessary. This may include ad-hoc & structured training to general colleagues, if this is of interest, however the team also provide teaching and develop learning opportunities for nursing and medical students.
Demonstration of a high level of clinical decision-making, risk management & documentation is required, and the successful applicant will have the team's continued support to develop their skills and learning to provide this, however this role does require assessment, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, without direct supervision.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Date posted
25 March 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
TEMP_500
Job locations
Balmormal Ward, Hillview Lodge
Royal United Hospital
Bath
BA1 3NG
Closing date for applications: 08-04-2025
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962
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