Job summary
- Main area
- Mental health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 267-OA5926418-A
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Fulbrook Centre
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum, pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Discharge Liaison Clinician - Oxford
Band 6
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced mental health clinicians to work within in a newly created service improving the lives of service users requiring long term care and placement.
The discharge liaison service is being established in order to improve the discharge pathway for patients requiring 24 hour placement, where discharge is delayed due to difficulties in identifying a care setting with the capacity, capability and competency to manage their particular complex mental health needs.
The clinicians in this service will work closely with inpatient settings and care homes, supporting patients for up to 6 weeks post discharge.
The post holders will work alongside the Care Home Support Service which aims to improve the quality of life of care home residents, reduce hospital admissions and facilitate early discharge from hospital.
The Service is county wide and the post holders may be asked to cover any localities within Oxfordshire and potentially with very complex cases outside of Oxfordshire.
Main duties of the job
The discharge liaison clinicians will focus on supporting discharge from acute mental health wards to a care home setting, in particular supporting the transition from hospital setting to long term care and working alongside care home staff to support and ensure successful and sustainable placements.
You will be working with adults who have a dementia and/or a functional mental illness who meet the criteria for permanent placement in a care home. Your involvement will start whilst they are in an inpatient setting
The team will also support complex discharges of patients under psychological medicine in the acute hospital system.
You will be working closely with care home staff in enabling them to understand the needs of the patient and how best to meet these within the care setting so as to enable the placement to be successful.
To provide specialist advice, support and consultancy to health professionals, patients, and relatives.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work as part of the discharge liaison team providing a high standard of professional service to patients, in alignment with national and professional guidelines.
To perform therapeutic assessments of patients with diverse and complex presentations, physical and psychological conditions, to provide and formulate an individualised management plan in collaboration with the inpatient and community teams.
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, with professional and legal accountability for all aspects of work.
To deliver safe and effective patient care, working in partnership with colleagues in the multidisciplinary team within the inpatient, community, and acute sectors, supporting the efficient use of resources across the whole system.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Profession appropriate degree or equivalent and registration of professional body
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate education specifically relating to client group
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good knowledge, interest and specific clinical expertise in mental health
- Evidence of working with people with challenging behaviour.
Desirable criteria
- Good knowledge of residential and nursing care systems.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Appropriate significant experience post qualification experience.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of up to date knowledge of the impact of pharmacological interventions on Older People.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Have excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
- Evidence of good IT skills and the ability to work across different software systems
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Parsons
- Job title
- Senior Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07920833306
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
Philippa Cuttell - Service Manager for Older Adult Mental Health
07920183540
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