Mental Health Services for Older People Liaison Nurse
Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 02 Mehefin 2025 |
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Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £37,338 - £44,962 per annum |
Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
Dyddiad cau: | 02 Gorffennaf 2025 |
Lleoliad: | North Shields, NE29 8NH |
Cwmni: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7211404/319-7211404RW |
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Mental Health Services for Older People Liaison Team to recruit a B6 Nurse for a 12 month fixed term period. This would be to join a dynamic, well structured multidisciplinary team who provide mental health liaison input to the North Tyneside General Hospital site & also the Royal Quays Intermediate Care Unit.
The team provides specialist input to assessment, clinical care and therapy interventions for the older person who may be experiencing comorbid physical and mental health problems. We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, caring and compassionate individuals who are eager to work with us to maintain the excellent working relationships that have been established with our colleagues across the trust in the delivery of holistic, person centred care and also help us with ongoing innovation and development.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
• To operate as a Mental Health Liaison Nurse within the Older Adult’s pathway at North Tyneside General Hospital and Royal Quays Intermediate Care Unit.
• To work as an integral part of the multidisciplinary ward team providing specialist mental health nursing assessment including risk assessments, clinical care and therapy interventions and be professionally accountable and responsible.
• To provide specialist skills, knowledge and experience for those identified as having Mental Health problems who also are also experiencing acute/chronic medical problems.
• To provide efficient and effective facilitation of patient journey from admission through to discharge.
• To aim to improve outcomes for older people with comorbid physical and mental health problems who are situated in the medical setting.
• To enhance and develop the skills/knowledge base of the general hospital staff and improve the quality of care by providing direct support in the planning and delivery of structured education to service users, relatives, carers and other professional staff.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
• To provide liaison service as above to the general hospital, intermediate care setting.
• To act as a specialist resource on older persons mental health issues to the general hospital, intermediate care.
• To undertake Specialist Mental Health Nurse role within the broader Mental Health Services for Older People department.
• To operate within a multidisciplinary framework and contribute meaningfully to the development of the service, and the provision of safe and effective care.
• Practice within legal and ethical frameworks encompassed within nursing and mental health legislation to exercise professional accountability as set out in NMC Professional Code of Conduct and work within the scope of practice.
• Reportable to MHSOP Liaison Nurse Lead.
This advert closes on Monday 16 Jun 2025
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