Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities, committed to eliminating racism and discrimination while advancing equality in services and creating an inclusive environment for employees. The Trust supports disadvantaged groups and particularly encourages applications from ethnic minorities, disabled individuals, and LGBTQIA+ people underrepresented in the workforce. Applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel are also welcomed, recognizing the value of their skills, training, and experience. All applicants are encouraged to share equality information during the application process. Applications are currently welcome for the open health support worker jobs.
Job Overview
Aintree Core 24 operates as part of the 24/7 Urgent Care Model within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, delivering mental health assessment, intensive community interventions, and guidance. These services are provided at Southport District General Hospital, Aintree Hospital, The Royal at Liverpool, Whiston Hospital, and Warrington Hospital.
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is a leading provider of mental health care, addiction services, and learning disability care, ensuring service users receive high-quality, stigma-free care. The Trust emphasizes visible leadership, continuous improvement, accountability, and respectfulness across all divisions.
Main Duties of the Job
The role involves carrying out assigned duties under the guidance and indirect supervision of qualified staff, providing direct care and observations of service users. Reporting observations regarding mental state and risk factors to qualified staff is essential. The role includes working with service users individually and in groups as outlined in their care plans and under the direction of the lead professional.
Working for the Organisation
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust serves over 1.4 million people across the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands, offering specialist inpatient and community services supporting physical and mental health. It is one of only three trusts in the UK providing high secure mental health facilities.
The commitment to delivering “perfect care” emphasizes safety, effectiveness, positive experiences, and efficiency. Staff are supported in professional growth, and services are developed collaboratively with service users, families, and carers. Flexible working requests are considered for all roles.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
The Hospital Mental Health Liaison Team practitioners collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in acute hospital settings, including medical and nursing teams, Community Mental Health Teams, Local Authority services, and the Voluntary Sector. The role supports patients presenting with mental health conditions and potential physical comorbidities, often in crisis.
Responsibilities include conducting comprehensive mental health assessments, contributing to discharge planning, and fostering community links across health and social care. Practitioners are expected to work independently, making informed clinical decisions regarding signposting and discharge processes. Supportive observations and assistance with the 136 process in A&E departments are integral to the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Desirable: NVQ Level 2 or willingness to work towards
- Good standard of education
Experience
- Desirable: Experience in a care setting or with individuals experiencing mental health challenges
Knowledge and Skills
- Essential: Effective communication, confidentiality understanding, teamwork, non-judgmental attitude, initiative under supervision, and adaptability.
- Desirable: Knowledge of breakaway techniques and de-escalation strategies.
Values
- Essential: Continuous improvement, accountability, respectfulness, enthusiasm, high professional standards, responsiveness to service users, engaging leadership, transparency, discretion, and adaptability.
Additional Information
Applicants must check emails regularly for correspondence from apps.trac.jobs. Only candidates who demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted.
As a Disability Confident Employer, the Trust offers a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves disabled and meet the essential criteria for the role. Reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process can be arranged by contacting [email protected].
The Trust may close vacancies early if a high volume of applications is received. Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role, and candidates must subscribe to the DBS Update Service for an annual fee of £13. The DBS Sensitive Applications Team supports trans applicants who wish to keep previous identities confidential.
The use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored. Applicants using AI tools must declare this on their application forms.
Applications close at midnight on 1st December 2024.
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