Band 6 Psychiatric Liaison Nurse
Sussex Partnership NHS Trust
Brighton Duty and Liaison Team
Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton and Hove, BN2 5BE
3 Month Contract
Monday to Sunday 09:00 - 17:00. (10:00-18:00 on Weekends)
£27ph Weekdays, £30ph Saturdays, £33ph Sundays.

The Brighton Duty and Liaison Team offers an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner keen to apply their skills across a range of settings to help young people in crisis.

As a DLT Mental Health Practitioner you will work a shift pattern covering the hours of 9.00am - 8.00pm Monday to Friday and 10.00am to 6.00pm weekends and public holidays.

You will be supporting young people and their carers who are presenting in mental health crisis across a range of settings including; General Hospitals, CAMHS Offices, online/ via phone and occasionally at home.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To support the day to day leadership of a clinical team providing a high quality service within the resources available in a defined area, and specifically to deliver on the following key areas:

To offer specialist mental health assessments to Young People who present in crisis during the hours of the service.

This role includes both Community CAMHS Duty and A&E Liaison work on a rotating shift basis covering a seven day rota.

Assessment includes care and safety planning, risk assessment and discharge management where clinically indicated, to provide a single intervention model to CYP not currently open to CAMHS.

This role involves significant liaison with partner agencies and professionals including developing ongoing positive working relationships in order to support young people who present in crisis.

The role aims to reduce the number of presentations and admissions to acute hospitals and to reduce length of stay and facilitate discharge once physical health needs have been addressed.

You will act as a liaison to acute care colleagues for YP with MH needs that are admitted to A&E or acute paediatric wards and it will be your responsibility to provide specialist mental health assessments and interventions to these young people and to provide advice and consultation on appropriate mental health care planning to support a holistic care and discharge plan (including risk and safety).

We offer a £250 bonus for starting a contract with SCS.

Furthermore, if you know anyone looking for work and you refer them across, we offer a £250 referral bonus per person.

If this role is of interest, please just respond to this advert with an up to date copy of your CV or call Jake on 01772 208963