Mental Health Practitioner - First Response Services - Liaison

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust


Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Crewe
Contract type: Full time
**We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000**

The relocation package is for anyone who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time or part time Mental Health Practitioner to be part of our First Response Services based within our Liaison Psychiatry Team at Leighton Hospital.

The Liaison Psychiatry Service deliver comprehensive mental health assessments, brief intervention, care planning and signposting support for patients who present to the A&E Department or who have been admitted to hospital.

We welcome professionals from a mental health nursing, social work, LD or OT background to apply.

The successful applicant will be expected to work across Urgent Care Mental Health First Response Services, which will include Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Teams, Liaison Services, Street Triage Services, Liaison and Diversion Services and the Crisis Line.

Post holders will enhance the Liaison Psychiatry Service providing prompt response for assessments, assisting treatment delivery within the ED 4-hour targets and NHS England response times. The liaison role is also to support the education and training of acute care staff around mental health issues, Deprivation of Liberty safeguards, Mental Capacity Act & the Mental Health Act.

We are looking for dynamic, motivated individuals with an excellent track record in engaging people in distress, high quality risk assessment skills, and a compassionate approach to working with patients and their families/carers.

Experience of working with patients with complex mental health difficulties is essential. All successful applicants will receive robust supervision and be supported in their own professional development.

Please contact our team if you are interested and/or would like an informal discussion about the role.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

We also offer up to three weeks’ induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sally Hartley Job title: Team Manager Email address: [email protected]

If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact [email protected] or telephone 01244 393100

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