Job Description

The Croydon Mental Health Liaison Service provides psychiatric assessments for people, aged 18 and above, to determine if they need mental health care and treatment. We care for people who live in the London Borough of Croydon and our aim is to ensure that people get the expertise they need to address their mental health problems. We provide a 24-hour service to Croydon University Hospital offering urgent assessment and intervention to patients, the team includes Nurses, Doctors, an Occupational Therapist and a Clinical Psychologist

About the location:

The Croydon area has excellent schools both in the state and private sectors. Mental health care for patients who attend CUH is delivered by the Croydon Mental Health Liaison service provided by South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM). We are an ageless service along with the Older Adult Liaison Psychiatry service.



The successful candidates will be clinically confident in assessing mental health service users presenting in emergencies, carrying out short term interventions and making independent decisions. You will thrive in a fast paced environment, often working under pressure. You will possess excellent assessment, communication skills and interpersonal skills. You will work well with others and enjoy multidisciplinary work whilst maintaining the highest standard in the quality of care. You will be expected to work in partnership with our clinical assessment unit (CAU), part of the mental health liaison services within the hospital.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.



Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.



Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes



Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars



Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites



NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

Counselling services



Wellbeing events



Long service awards



Cycle to work scheme



Season ticket loan



Childcare vouchers



Staff restaurants



We look forward to receiving your application.



Education and Qualification



Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse

and/or Registered Learning

Disabilities Nurse Mentorship qualification

Experience and Knowledge



Experience of research based/reflective practice understanding and ability to use

supervision to reflect on skills,

attitude and knowledge and

develop these by using evidence

based practice

Significant relevant clinical

experience

Evidence of continuing professional development Experience as a preceptor /

mentor



Skills and Abilities



Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user's needs, without close supervision Resilient: able to cope with difficult

interpersonal situations