Senior Mental Health Liaison Practitioner - Band 6

Location Barnstaple
Job type Contract
Salary Up to £26.93 per hour
Reference HQ00111391_1601373023

Sanctuary Health is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6 Senior Mental Health Liaison Practitioner to work full-time in Barnstaple. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of mental health nursing and be registered with the NMC.

The pay rate for this locum Senior Mental Health Liaison Practitioner role is £26.93 per hour (Assignment rate) and is a 3-month contract.

Summary:

  • The Liaison Psychiatry Service provides a Core-15 comprehensive service to patients, clinicians and carers at the local District General Hospital (DGH). This includes specialist mental health assessment and intervention to people of all ages from the age of 18 who present or, are admitted to the DGH.
  • Provide a specialist consultation-liaison service to referring clinicians and clinical teams, assisting them in decision making in difficult and complex cases, and providing both formal and informal education to qualified and unqualified staff, and offer a broad range of specialist psychosocial treatments for individual inpatients.

Main Duties:

  • Arrive at a formulation which will identify the correct care pathway & ensure this is implemented.
  • Improve the quality of mental health care for all patients
  • Improve quality of life for both patients and carers
  • Identify and manage risk
  • Reduce the length of stay in the general hospital
  • Prevent hospital admissions
  • Reduce the number of incidents and complaints
  • Measure improvements of health outcomes
  • Determine service needs

Requirements of the Senior Mental Health Liaison Practitioner:

  • Degree or equivalent in Mental Health Nursing
  • Current NMC registration with valid live pin
  • Significant NHS experience as a Mental Health Liaison Practitioner

Contact:

This Senior Mental Health Liaison Practitioner job is advertised by Connor Robey; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.