Rosemary Lusekelo Chirwa

Senior Community Hospitals Mental Health Liaison Practitioner @Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Cheltenham, GB

To provide specialist mental health care assessments for Working age Adult patients and Older Peoples when required within Community Hospitals such as, Dementia, Depression, Deliberate Self Harm assessment, Mental health emergencies, Complex psychosocial and behavioural assessments, Capacity assessment and Risk assessment.To effectively and efficiently provide psychological support to patients with mental health needs who are temporarily in crisis, or who have mental health needs as a result of their physical illness or as a result of being hospitalised.To advise non-psychiatry staff on outcome of assessment and formulate a medical care plan based on clinical intervention and risk management.To provide time limited liaison follow up appointments when needed for those patients with more complex and enduring mental health needs.Work positively and collaboratively as an integral part of the Specialist Adult Mental health services, Older Peoples Mental health services and effectively liaise with multi- agency colleagues, patients and their carers.Contribute to the development and quality of clinical practice of liaison work with this client group at local and national levels.To maintain active role in service development, evaluation and integration with OPMH services which includes working with Older Peoples Mental Health in Community Hospitals.

University of West England (UWE)

Bsc (Hons)