Liaison Emergency Care

Liaison Emergency Care

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The Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service (MHCAS) is a dynamic integrated assessment and liaison service within North London. The service provides mental health assessments in three Emergency Departments – The Royal Free Hospital, The Whittington Hospital and University College London Hospital. The role will also require working shifts at the central MHCAS Hub at Highgate.

The MHCAS Hub accepts referrals via self‑presentation, the London Ambulance Service, the Police, and transfers from Emergency Departments for further assessment and referrals from Crisis and Community Teams. The service has an ethos of improving patient experience and outcomes and was recognised with the Excellence in Mental Health award at the UK NHS Parliamentary awards in 2022.

The role will be primarily based in one of the three Emergency Departments with occasional rotation to the MHCAS hub. With a fully integrated emergency pathway, Clinical Specialists have most of their shifts at a ‘home’ Emergency Department – although cross cover may be required.

• Complete trauma‑informed psychosocial assessments and develop safe and effective collaborative plans with service users.
• Provide compassionate and trauma‑informed care to patients at their most vulnerable.
• Work in a fast‑paced, joined‑up way with Trust services and acute hospital colleagues.
• Demonstrate stamina, resilience and cultural awareness to manage a diverse patient population.

• Passion for delivering outstanding patient care.
• Commitment to least restrictive practice and acting in the patient’s best interest.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust, you may be required from time to time to work at different locations across Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at other places as it considers reasonable and necessary, on a temporary or permanent basis.

For further details or informal visits, contact:
Jo Malone, Clinical Team Manager
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Temporary

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Mental Health Care

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.