Psychiatric Liaison Nurse - Dementia and Older Peoples service

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

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At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

Job overview

Dementia and Older People's Mental Health Liaison service is a specialist Team of Doctors, Nurses, Occupational Therapist and Support Workers working within the hospitals in Cornwall. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside general medicine using a biopsychosocial framework. This role will be part of a supportive, friendly and dynamic team. The current Team include a variety of staff with different backgrounds who are collaborative, inclusive, supportive, nurturing and progressive. There will be training opportunities and the option to develop the service through quality improvement. There are opportunities to liaise with the wider South West Liaison services.

Main duties of the job

The Dementia and Older People’s Mental Health Liaison provide mental health assessments and care planning services to patients:

• Patients of any age with a diagnosis of Dementia.
• Patients over the age of 75 with a functional mental health diagnosis who require additional specialist support and assessment, to include:

• Depression
• Schizophrenia
• Anxiety
• Bipolar Disorder

We use a variety of assessment tools such as the ACE-111, 4AT, HADS, I Cared, I Shared and Short IQ Code, alongside professional judgement and discussion with the wider MDT. We help to formulate Care Plans, assess risks and support the acute hospitals in managing this. We link with families and carers, medical staff including Geriatricians, voluntary services, and specialist services such as palliative care, Parkinson's Team, speech and language therapy, dieticians, frailty team, alcohol liaison and ward based staff such as Ward Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and support workers. We work towards the safe discharge of patients through adhering to legal frameworks with positive risk taking, working closely with the wider Community Mental Health Services, Adult Social Care and a number of voluntary agencies. We also offer a 7 day follow-up review on discharge from hospital. We have access to and manage specialist Mental Health Discharge to Assessment beds which allow further assessment outside of the hospital environment.

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability. We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK. Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff. We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner. Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

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’.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications and relevant experience

Essential criteria

• Current Professional registration - NMC
• Professional qualification – RMN

Desirable criteria

• CBT training / Motivational interviewing

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post Qualification experience
• Working knowledge of crisis assessment and intervention

Knowledge and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Will possess a demonstrable working knowledge of the mental health Act, including Community treatment orders and any other relevant legislation relevant to mental health and complex social needs
• Show good interpersonal and communication skills through a variety of mediums being sufficiently IT literate to use a number of IT systems available to the team to promote good team working and communication
• Show a creative and imaginative approach to the delivery of care

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff
• Individual professional development programmes

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme

The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status. The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment. If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details. Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation. If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses. Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644.