Community Practitioner

Within West Cumbria we have exciting opportunities to work within our established Psychiatric Liaison Service. This post offers an exciting and challenging opportunity to come into services at a time when Psychiatric Liaison is high on the national agenda with regard to being embedded in all emergency departments/ wider hospital. Current drivers in services the longer term plan/ treat as one/ side by side etc. are based around Psychiatric Liaison Services. This is a full-time permanent position. The service provides all psychiatric input to the Acute Hospital for those presenting with a mental health problem, be it solely in the Emergency Department or as a comorbid presentation on any of the significant number of wards . Specialty areas include

• Young people, those aged 16-18
• Maternity
• Neurology
• Drug and Alcohol
• Eating Disorders
• Dementia and Delirium
• Significant incidents of self harm
• People subject to the criminal justice system
• People presenting in mental health crisis
• People with learning disabilities
• Student mental health presentations
The service requires working across a 24 hour shift system. A. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a continuously developing service that is striving to be the best in the country., Liaison staff providing comprehensive biopsychosocial mental health assessments. We have a supportive MDT each day Providing psychological interventions to patients within the acute hospital Liaising with professional's involved in the person's care.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career. We are looking for enthusiastic, experienced and confident individuals to enhance the current service provided to those patients presenting to the Acute Trust within our dedicated Liaison Team in West Cumberland Hospital based on site in Newlands Unit. The successful candidate will be joining a team with well established links with the acute trusts and will be expected to contribute to the ongoing development of the service.