Specialist Older Adults Liaison Practitioner

We are looking for a Band 7 Specialist Older Adults Psychiatry Liaison Practitioner to join our Psychiatry Liaison Service at St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey.

The successful candidate will be involved inundertake initial assessments and follow up reviews of older people presenting with mental health issues and/or dementia at St Peter's Hospital (currently inpatient wards and A+E).

They must be able to work flexibly within the team and provide supervision to a team of nurses. The posts require shift working.

In return for your commitment, we will offer regular support and supervision, and great career aspirations. We are committed to supporting and developing our staff to meet their aspirations.

Informal visits are welcomed and encouraged., I will provide expert interventions and oversight to the care of older people within the acute general hospital pathway. I will ensure that the care delivered is excellent and in keeping with the most up to date guidelines. I will have a good knowledge of mental health within working age adults.

I will support the growth and development of other members of the liaison psychiatry team whilst supporting the service manager and wider Trust to achieve an exemplary service underpinning our visions and values. My role will include providing education, challenging stigma and actively supporting service improvement and development.

I will put the experience of the person using the service at the centre of my decision making whilst building and maintaining supportive and responsive relationships with colleagues in the acute trust.

I will build outstanding relationships with all relevant services and will lead on clinically challenging and complex cases

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest Specialist Mental Health Trusts in England providing mental health and learning disability services to a population of circa 1 million across Surrey and its Borders., Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.