Mental Health Liaison Team Education Lead / Senior Practitioner inCosham inCosham PUBLISHED
FRI 10 JAN 2025
Additionally, the post holder will take the lead in promoting mental health awareness events and enhancing the overall understanding of mental health issues among colleagues. The position offers an opportunity for an innovative and passionate mental health professional to contribute to the continuous development of mental health services while working within an inclusive and supportive environment.
We are looking for an innovative, motivated and compassionate mental health professional with a special interest in the delivery of mental health education to join the Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT) within Queen Alexandra Hospital (QAH), Portsmouth. The post holder's role will focus on coordinating and delivering training to staff who work in the service and to our colleagues in QAH.
We need to ensure that training is in place for members of the Mental Health Liaison Team which meets the bespoke needs of the service, referencing NICE Guidelines, PLAN standards and feedback from patients/carers, staff, the Senior Leadership Team and from investigations and complaints.
The post holder will also be expected to work within QAH to deliver training to Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust (PHU) staff on a variety of mental health issues in line with their Mental Health Training Strategy and in accordance with PLAN standards.
Please see the attached Job Description for further details.
For further information please contact Carol Rumsey Service Manager Tel: 02392 286670
The primary function of this role is to ensure that training is in place for members of the Mental Health Liaison Team which meet the bespoke needs of the service. Referencing NICE Guidelines, PLAN standards and feedback from patients/carers, staff, the Senior Leadership Team and feedback from investigations and complaints to plan what is required.
The post holder will also be expected to work within QAH to deliver training to Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust (PHU) staff on a variety of mental health issues in line with their Mental Health Training Strategy and in accordance with PLAN standards.
They will work with other members of the MHLT, including Peer Support Workers, to develop and deliver training on a regular basis, or delegate the delivery to others in the team.
Support will be provided by the Service Manager and Team Leader to ensure members of the MHLT are available to support with this work.
If it is not possible to source internal facilitators to deliver the training identified as being required the post holder will be expected to seek support from external partners.
They will be expected to take the lead in promoting and celebrating local and national events which raise awareness of mental health issues such as World Mental Health Day within the MHLT and QAH.
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Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
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