The role requires a highly skilled Nurse who will be able to clinically lead the Hospital Liaison Team across a 24/7 rota to support the Team to provide a response to mental health crisis in Emergency Departments and Inpatient Wards within one hour and to all urgent Ward referrals within 24 hours.
The post holder will need to provide specialist clinical advice, support and supervision to staff at Scunthorpe General Hospital and to junior staff within the Hospital Liaison Team.
The service needs to be constantly adapting and developing to meet the changing provision at Scunthorpe General Hospital. The appointee will need to be actively involved in change processes and support junior staff through this process.
The service will operate over a 24/7 rota. This may include night and weekend working from our base at Scunthorpe General Hospital. The role will often require you to operate under the Lone Working Policy.
The service provides Liaison Services for people aged 18 years and above and 16-18 years out of hours.
Undertake comprehensive mental health, psychosocial and risk assessments for patients presenting to the Emergency Department and inpatient wards with complex mental health needs.
Provide timely specialist mental health interventions, treatment planning and risk management, including assessment of patients presenting with suicidal thoughts or behaviours.
Support delivery of national response standards and crisis care pathways, ensuring prompt assessment and appropriate follow-up care.
Provide clinical leadership, specialist advice and support to Liaison Mental Health Team staff, acute hospital colleagues and partner agencies.
Coordinate care, discharge planning and onward referrals, working closely with multidisciplinary teams, patients, families and carers.
Manage a complex caseload and contribute to the allocation and prioritisation of referrals to ensure safe and effective service delivery.
Promote high standards of clinical practice, governance, safeguarding and compliance with relevant legislation, including the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.
Contribute to service development, quality improvement, audit, training and education programmes for both mental health and acute hospital staff.
Support staff development through supervision, mentorship, coaching and clinical training.
Deputise for the Team Leader when required, contributing to the day-to-day operational management of the service.
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
