West London NHS Trust
Senior Liaison Psychiatry Practitioner
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About the Role
We are looking for a dedicated and motivated Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to join ELPS. You will be a senior member of a growing and dynamic service where learning, professional development, and a supportive environment are promoted. Sound clinical knowledge and experience of the crisis and acute mental health pathway is essential to the role.
Team Composition
The team has a mix of Consultant Liaison Psychiatrists, Trainee doctors, Foundation Year doctors, Liaison Psychiatry Practitioners, and Team Administrator. We are keen to expand the skills in the team and to open this role to a social worker. ELPS has office spaces in Ealing Hospital and provides a service to the acute trust primarily. Excellent working relationships have already been developed with both clinicians and managers of EH.
Role Responsibilities
The role has clinical, leadership, and managerial elements to it. Critical thinking and motivation for innovation and development are essential, as you will be involved in patient care and experience, team development, and service improvement.
- Patient Care: Represent ELPS in Ealing Hospital and provide specialist support to referring clinicians and clinical teams. Offer a person-centred approach to patients’ treatment, recovery, and well-being.
- Decision Making: Make clear autonomous decisions based on an analysis of complex presenting problems.
- Coordination: Promote carer/family involvement and liaise with colleagues from other areas of health and social care to coordinate safe discharge plans.
- Skills: Demonstrate organisational and multitasking skills by effectively prioritising in a fast-paced environment and efficiently delegating and allocating workload.
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Training and Development
- Training: Offer formal and informal training to ELPS and EH colleagues to promote high quality of care.
- Supervision: Provide clinical and managerial supervision to junior colleagues in ELPS.
- Innovation: Share your views and ideas to enhance and support service improvement.
- Projects: Take responsibility for projects associated with service provision and development.
Management
- Leadership: You will have dedicated management time to fulfil these tasks and develop your leadership skills.
About West London NHS Trust
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
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- Services: High secure services care for patients from South of England, and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow, and Hammersmith & Fulham).
- Staff: We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME.
- Finance: Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
- Ratings: The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
Partnerships
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Pamela Canhye
- Job Title: Team Manager – Ealing Liaison Psychiatry Service
- Email Address: p.canhye@nhs.net
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