Mental Health Liaison Team Lead

Mental Health Liaison at the Royal Sussex County Hospital is seeking to appoint a Band 7 Team Leader.

This is a well-established team with a wealth of experience. We are a supportive and caring team, who will welcome a new team member with all they can bring to the team and what we offer.

We are seeking to appoint an individual that can demonstrate that they can offer a wide variety of experience to our team.

You will be working at the interface between physical and psychological health and bring your knowledge and expertise to your general hospital colleagues and team.

We support patients with a wide range of problems, including self-harm, adjustment to illness and physical and psychological co-morbidities. As there is no entrance requirement for A&E people's perceptions of what constitutes a mental health emergency or crisis can vary. Our team are referred people with all sorts of problems, including those people presenting to mental health services for the very first time.

You will need to demonstrate an ability to motivate yourself and others and have experience with HR procedures. You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team; providing leadership and promoting team working. You will oversee and ensure the support and development of the team along with monitoring the team performance.

Main duties of the job

Please contact us on the details provided if you would like more information or an informal chat.

To support the service manager in the running with first line management for the Mental

Working between the acute trust, police, council and tertiary services is our day to day business. The team also receives referrals for patients who are from other areas of the country but within our hospital.

The post holder will work with the team to develop the pathways, they will oversee supervision and mandatory training. They will be responsible for the delivery of a high quality and high performing team.

To support the team in ensuring that staff in the team have opportunities for continuing professional development, in order to provide best practice and meet the requirements of registering bodies, and to drive improvements in standards of clinical practice and patient care in line with the NHS modernisation and Public Health agendas.

You will be required to make autonomous decisions, based on an analysis of complex presenting problems, while utilising effective clinical judgments about the most appropriate treatment, discharge and follow-up options..

To work with the Team and service manager to actively lead in the delivery of the clinical governance, quality improvement and performance management agenda within an identified locality team.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to ensuring that mental health care is co-produced wherever possible and delivered in a person-centred, compassionate, and supportive way.

Mental Healthcare should promote safety and wellbeing while addressing social care needs and ensuring equality and fairness for all. It should be needs-led, outcome-focused, responsive and delivered in a way that empowers people to build on their strengths, promotes recovery, and supports families and carers.

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships., Essential

• Must hold relevant professional qualification (RMN)



• Completion of, or working towards, Management or Leadership training



• Documented evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)


Knowledge

Essential


• Expert knowledge on mental health issues and how these impact on the individual, carer's and the wider community



• Expertise in current best practice in Adult Mental Health , and awareness of relevant government directives and legislation



• Specialist knowledge and application of mental health assessments and interventions using expert level clinical reasoning


Experience

Essential


• 2 years post registration experience in mental health setting (one year of which will be in relevant specialist area)



• Use of evidence-based practice



• Extensive clinical experiences including individual and group


Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.,
• Educated to minimum diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience


• Evidence of CPD, Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice


• Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff


• Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance


• Experience of managing staff, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.


As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team., Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working- no take out, part time hours, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Your benefits:

Access to full psychological support, via our internal wellbeing team

Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development

Access to a host of discount schemes

A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC

Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)

Excellent NHS Pension