Mental Health Practitioner

at  Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Practitioners (Band 6 AFC) needed for a brand new Mental Health Liaison Service at Skegness Urgent Treatment Centre.
This pilot Service is being created with winter pressures Monies to support LCHS at Skegness Urgent Treatment Centre with patients with mental health needs for an initial period of 6 months with the possibility of extending if the service is successful.
Suitably qualified, experienced (at least 2 years) and registered Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers are encouraged to apply. Hours of Work: Shifts covering a 8am to 10pm, 7 days per week, which could include earlys, lates, and long days.
We are looking for Mental Health Practitioners with experience across multiple disciplines, including older adult mental health care, experience of crisis, liaison, or other urgent care pathways.
We will make a commitment of ensuring you are provided with high quality supervision and mentoring to support your development, knowledge, and skills to succeed in delivering high quality care.
For further details, please contact either James Harding (Service Manager) or Gareth Price (Head or Service)
Email: JamesHarding@nhs.net or Gareth.price4@nhs.net
It is expected that your primary role will be to carry out comprehensive Bio-Psychosocial Assessments in line with NICE Guidelines and Evidence Based Treatment Pathways for persons presenting to the UTC. You will be contributing to the Multi-disciplinary Team approach to ensure the best outcome possible for our patients. You will need to demonstrate high functioning in risk management, communication skills, and exceptional personal qualities to deliver high quality care and assessment to patients. Developing effective partnership working with the community trust.
It will also review and signpost those who have been admitted with regards to CAMHS and drug & alcohol related mental health needs.
Furthermore, we require those who can demonstrate strong values to create and foster a culture that supports and enables the development of the Liaison service. We need individuals who are dynamic, passionate, and committed to achieving quality outcomes that will ensure, above all else, the needs of the patient are paramount in everything we do.
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more .
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
Childcare Vouchers
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurant

Please refer the Job description for details