Psychiatric Liaison Operational Team Manager

Job overview
Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.
Kent & Medway Mental Health NHS Trust provides a liaison mental health assessment service to the Emergency Department and wards at the counties acute hospitals. It's a challenging and rewarding service to work in.
You will be a confident and experienced mental health clinician, who will work across the acute general hospital to provide mental health assessments, care, advice and training to both the Emergency Departments and in-patient wards.
The Pembury Liaison Psychiatry Service will be operating 24/7, 365 days a year. There is an expectation that the successful candidate will work predominantly Monday to Friday.
Ability to travel to different sites across the Trust in a timely manner

Main duties of the job

• To provide operational leadership and expertise to a team of clinicians who often work alone, to ensure the timely delivery of a safe and effective assessment service to the general hospitals for people aged 18 and over referred with mental health problems, dementia and co-morbid physical illness.
• To maintain clinical expertise and leadership skills through regular patient contact (minimum requirement of 1 shift per week).
• To ensure systems and processes exist to support staff performance in accordance with Trust objectives.
• To report on and contribute to the monitoring, evaluation and audit of the performance and clinical practice of the liaison service.
• To liaise with and work collaboratively with Acute Trust colleagues to promote the interface between acute and specialist inpatient and community services and enhance patient experience and recovery.
• To coordinate a training programme to the general hospital workforce

Working for our organisation
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.

Person specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential criteria

• Registered Professional Qualification in Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy, including registration with the relevant regulatory body

Desirable criteria

• Registered General Nurse (as a dual trained practitioner) Post Graduate Degree/Masters programme
• Qualified Sign Off Mentor (998 or equivalent) / Accredited Practice Educator (APPLE programme for OT)
• If not a qualified mentor, commitment to work towards this

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience at band 6 or above
• Minimum of 2 years diverse post qualification experience

Desirable criteria

• Formal presentations and teaching
• Working in a general hospital setting

Knowledge & Skill

Essential criteria

• Current mental health policy, legislation and joint working practices relating to mental health.
• Ability to consider how recent Government initiatives relating to mental health can be realised through service developments in liaison services.
• Good knowledge of NICE guidelines relating to self harm, depression, dementia and delirium
• Understanding of the effects of physical health, long term conditions on mental health and well being.
• Can demonstrate leadership skills, motivate staff and inspire confidence & Manage conflict through mediation, negotiation and influencing skills
• Ability to develop and provide training packages, meeting the needs of the general hospital
• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with others, including written communication skills.

Important Information:
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.

Probation Period. New employees external to the trust are subject to a six-month probationary period.
To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.
Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter
The trust takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.

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