About this role
Job summary
Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HTFT would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
We are looking for a Full time Mental Health Liaison Service Support, Time and Recovery Worker to join our team at the Dept of Psychological Medicine.
We are a well established, ageless, Liaison Psychiatry Service based within Hull Royal infirmary whilst also covering Castle Hill Hospital.
The Mental Health Liaison Service currently delivers comprehensive mental health assessments, brief intervention, care planning and signposting/referral for patients who present to the A&E department or who have been admitted to hospital. The team works closely with many community services in order to help collaboratively serve the needs of those with mental health difficulties.
Common presentations include suicidal ideation, deliberate self-harm, depression, dementia, alcohol misuse and psychosis. Due to the demands of acute care medicine, urgent care and ED pressures the work is diverse and fast paced and the support workers play a pivotal role in this.
The team operates on a 24 hour, 7 day a week basis and it is essential that the post holder is able to work unsocial hours, including night shifts and weekends on a pro rata basis.
Main duties of the job
We are recently opened a bespoke Emergency Department 'streaming area' which functions as a safe and therapeutic space for some patient's attending the Emergency department and awaiting assessment by MHLS. As a Support, Time and Recovery worker you will be an integral part of this initiative.
As the post holder, you will be working as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the Emergency Department and also on the hospital wards. Your role will involve making first contact with patients referred to the service from the wards, supporting those awaiting assessment in the streaming area, providing emotional support and psychosocial interventions through care plans to those patients referred to the Mental Health Liaison Service, assisting the qualified practitioners in the assessment of patient's and also providing liaison to a wide variety of community services.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated people who are flexible and have excellent inter-personal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers and staff.
You must be able to demonstrate a high standard of interpersonal skills including empathy, warmth and understanding and have a good knowledge of mental health issues. You must also be able to demonstrate experience of working with people experiencing mental health difficulties. Documentation skills must also be of a high standard.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge Essential
To have an understanding of mental health or learning disability issues Standard IT skills e.g. Microsoft office NVQ level 3 in mental health/ learning disabilities or equivalent qualification
Desirable
Knowledge of benefit & employment services Have an understanding of using a trauma informed approach
Experience Essential
Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties and/or a learning disability Experience of providing presentations and developing groupwork materials Awareness of local services and community provision
Desirable
Experience of mental health services as a service user or carer Experience with data inputting e.g. electronic clinical record systems
Skills and Competencies Essential
Evidence of inter-personal skills and the ability to form therapeutic relationships with services users and carers Ability to work in a demanding environment
Desirable
Ability to motivate others
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address Dept of Psychological Medicine
Gladstone Street
Hull
HU3 2RW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.humber.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)