Job summary
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.

Main duties of the job

• 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.

About us
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

Job responsibilities
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

Person Specification

Qualifications
Essential

• Evidence of other development and/or training which indicates commitment to continuous development and preparation for leadership
• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• ENB 998 or other NMC approved mentor qualification or mentor qualification appropriate to discipline
• Nurse Prescribing or willingness to complete within an agreed timescale
• Specialist training in relevant clinical area

Desirable

• Management or leadership qualification and/or training

Experience
Essential

• Demonstrable post registration experience at a Band 6 level within an assessment or liaison service
• In depth experience in the effective and positive management of complex and high risk cases
• Previous experience of working autonomously to make comprehensive decisions
• Experience of MDT working
• Skills in coordinating and planning inter-agency approaches in mental health care
• Experience of delivering evidence based treatments
• Experience of leadership and delivering supervision to junior members of staff

Desirable

• Involvement with service development and change management initiatives

Skills
Essential

• Ability to use initiative and work without immediate supervision
• Ability to clinically lead, supervise and direct a team and support staff as appropriate
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to prioritise workload and manage team capacity according to demand
• Skills in co-ordinating and planning interagency approaches in mental health care
• An understanding of current mental health issues relating to the provision of Mental Health Liaison Services
• Demonstrate a thorough knowledge, understanding and practical experience of risk assessment and risk management
• Demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills relating to the post
• Knowledge and understanding of the legislative framework for mental health services, particularly the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act Demonstrate excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrate an ability to make balanced clinical judgments and decisions
• Excellent report-writing skills
• Demonstrate an ability to cope with the expectations, pressures and demands of this post
• Demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively and respectfully with colleagues from a range of different professional backgrounds and across professional and organisational boundaries

Abilities
Essential

• Team Worker
• Ability to show personal resilience to work under pressure and manage unpredictable demand.
• Demonstrate a commitment to provide services that are consistent with the Trust Values.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).