Senior Liaison Mental Health Nurse

at  East London NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Band 7 senior liaison mental health nurse to join the Tower Hamlets Mental Health Liaison team, a multi-disciplinary team with expertise in adult and older adult mental health.
The team provides compassionate, person centered and non-judgmental care to individuals presenting to the A&E department with mental health related problems. Assessments, care and treatment are also provided to inpatients at the Royal London Hospital and St Bartholomew’s hospital who have mental health needs.
You will have excellent clinical skills, be able to demonstrate an ability to complete comprehensive mental state examinations, thoroughly assess risk, formulate safe and effective risk management plans and document this clearly. You should have experience of mental health nursing, including crisis care in a variety of settings including community, you will be able work autonomously with awareness of when to seek advice.
You will hold a sound working knowledge of common mental health disorders, the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act. A sound knowledge of the interface between physical and mental health is essential as well as experience of working with older adults, in any setting.

• To actively identify and assess patients over 65 presenting to the acute Trust with emergency or urgent need for management of mental health, psychological and substance misuse problems, including those who have self-harmed.
• To provide rapid response to referrals to ensure timely assessment within currently commissioned targets.
• To devise and deliver interim management and care plans to patients in the ED and on the acute medical wards. To liaise and refer on to other agencies across care providers in both community and inpatient settings.
• To work with partner agencies to develop plans of care that will prevent admission to hospital. Where admission is unavoidable, to provide or signpost to early intervention to facilitate early discharge.
  Our mission is to make a positive difference to people’s lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
  Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile