Mental Health Liaison Nurse Sandwell

October 2024 will see the opening of the new Midland Met Hospital based in Birmingham which is part of Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospital Trust (SWMH). This is an exciting time for the population of Birmingham and the surrounding areas. Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals Trust (SWBHT) have a long-established relationship with Black Country Healthcare Foundation Trust and Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust and have provided collaboratively provided mental health services to the Birmingham and Black Country population. The new Midland Met will see a continuation of this collaboration in the provision of high quality mental health urgent care services. For the Mental Health Liaison service provided by the Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust currently based at Sandwell General Hospital this will mean that on 6th October 2024 the service will be moving to the new Midland Met Hospital. This will be an exciting time to join the team!, The post holder will provide a direct line of contact for referrals from the Emergency Department and in patient wards for all patients over 18 attending the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital. To provide care appropriate to their entry onto the relevant part of the NHS register and in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct.

The main focus of the role will be for adults, and will include older adults when required.

To work various shift patterns participating in a flexible, 7 days per week rota on a shift rotational basis. The service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. .

To ensure the service operates in line with national guidance for core 24 model and follows guidance from NICE for the assessment of individuals presenting at acute hospital and the policy implementation guide for Liaison Psychiatry and psychological medicine. The guidance recommends that every patient presenting with self-harm should be offered a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment, risk assessment and packages of care to expedite discharge from hospital and access to more appropriate services.

We are a supportive, skilled and friendly multidisciplinary team, working in a fast paced, busy environment.

Employees, workers, and / or contractors will be expected to uphold the values of the Trust and exhibit the expected Trust behaviours aligned to the Trust's values. Individuals have a responsibility to ensure that they display the Trust values and behaviours in carrying out their job and that individuals feel able to challenge (or raise a challenge) when other colleagues' behaviours breach the spirit of Trust values.