Mental Health Liaison Nurse inLiverpool inLiverpool PUBLISHED
FRI 8 NOV 2024
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust rDYcspZ6
Key responsibilities include conducting assessments, supervising care plans, carrying out risk assessments, and ensuring compliance with safeguarding regulations. The nurse will also provide guidance and mentorship to unqualified staff, support service users' families, and actively participate in care evaluation and standard-setting based on evidence-based practices. Overall, the role aims to deliver exceptional mental health support across various settings, enhancing the well-being of service users and their families.
This is a Joint vacancy for both Aintree Core24 and Southport Core 24.
Southport and Aintree Core 24 are specialist assessment of service user's mental health to those who present to the Emergency Department in times of crisis or, those who are referred from the acute general hospital wards and the formulation of treatment and risk management plans based on assessment of needs with the appropriate triage and diversion form the service.
The service operates on a shift system of long days, shorter nine and half hour shifts and nights to provide 24/7 365 days a year service. The service has recently undergone Organisational Change to make the service more flexible across the Urgent Care footpath covering Urgent Care 24/7, as well as, support Royal, Warrington Whiston and Southport Core 24 services when required.
To provide high quality, evidence based care within Division for service users and their carers within inpatient and community services.
To work in a socially inclusive way and in line with the recovery model.
To function as named nurse/care coordinator to service users undertaking assessment, planning and evaluation and review of care, within a recovery focused model of care.
To participate as an active member of the multi disciplinary team.
To provide advice, expertise and leadership within the team.
To supervise care for service users presenting with complex and high risk needs.
To work autonomously, reaching clinically appropriate decisions based on information received and using the knowledge and experience of the multi disciplinary team.
To be qualified to act as a mentor for students
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To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the care programme approach and under the supervision of the line manager.
To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual and that unqualified staff are delivering care as identified in the care plan.
To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.
To undertake and supervise risk assessments and formulation of risk management plan for service users under your care, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team, family members carers and significant others.
To ensure Safeguarding Children and Adults requirements are followed and participate in meetings as appropriate.
To direct unqualified staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.
To participate in setting standards for care based on sound evidence based and research findings.
To participate in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users.
To communicate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team information which has an impact on the service users care.
To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to impart sensitive information.
Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of duties and responsibilities.
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