JOB OVERVIEW

Do you have an interest in mental health care in a physical health care setting?
Do you enjoy working in a fast paced environment?
Do feel passionate and motivated to make a real difference in people’s lives?
If so, Psychiatric Liaison could be the speciality for you!
What can you expect?
We are a forward thinking team with the focus on meeting the mental health needs of those presenting to the emergency department or who are admitted to in-patient beds in RCHT.
Our PLAN accredited service seeks to provide parity of esteem for those who present with mental illness and mental health crisis while in hospital.
We are looking for a highly dedicated nurse who is motivated, compassionate and highly clinically skilled who can work autonomously in a fast-paced environment. As well as working with our general acute colleagues, mental health colleagues, we also work alongside other teams in the crisis response including - Alcohol liaison nurses, drug and alcohol services, safeguarding, Domestic violence team, homelessness services and Dementia and Older Persons mental health Liaison team.
You will be expected to work a shift system across a 24 hr period seven days a week. The current pattern is a mixture of days (08:00 – 20:30) and nights (20:00 – 08:30).

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

The Adult Liaison Psychiatry Service based at Royal Cornwall Hospital has provided a highly regarded service since 1999 and in May 2018 commenced a CORE 24 service that extended the clinical service for patients and the hospital to 24/7. The success of this service has led to increased funding for further Psychiatric Liaison Nurses.
As an experienced clinician you will join our Adult Psychiatric Liaison multi-disciplinary team providing a service to the acute hospital with a team of nurses, a team manager, consultant psychiatrists, CT2 Dr and F1 Dr, medical and team secretaries.
We are looking for a highly dedicated nurse who is motivated, compassionate and highly clinically skilled who can work autonomously in a fast-paced environment. As well as working with our general acute colleagues, mental health colleagues, we also work alongside other teams in the crisis response including - Alcohol liaison nurses, drug and alcohol services, safeguarding, Domestic violence team, homelessness services and Dementia and Older Persons mental health Liaison team.
Our team provides a comprehensive specialist service to the acute hospital for people who present following episodes of self-harm, suicide attempts and any other mental health related issues, including substance misuse.
The post requires a high level of ability in carrying out psychosocial assessments, clinical risk assessments and formulating safe and effective plans.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.