Overview
Mid-West Mental Health Services covers the counties of Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary and delivers a comprehensive service to a varied and often complex group of service users.
The person appointed to this post will work within Mid-West Mental Health Services as part of multi‑disciplinary teams, delivering a coordinated approach to client care.
Services Provided
Acute Psychiatric Unit, 5B, Limerick University Hospital (50 beds)
Acute Psychiatric Unit, Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Clare (39 beds)
Tearmann Ward, St. Camillus Hospital (13 beds – Psychiatry of Later Life)
Cappahard Lodge, Ennis (34 beds – Rehab)
Community Mental Health Teams – General Adult Mental Health Teams operating within the Mid‑West Community Healthcare region
Psychiatry of Later Life – four Old Age Psychiatry teams across the Mid‑West
Rehabilitation Psychiatry – two rehabilitation teams providing care for those with enduring mental illness
Liaison – one such team in the Mid‑West
CAMHS – six Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service teams across the Mid‑West
Perinatal Mental Health Service – one such team in the Mid‑West
ADHD Adult Mental Health Service – one such team in the Mid‑West
CAST team – one such team in the Mid‑West
Crisis Resolution Team – one such team in the Mid‑West
Key Priorities
Ensure that the views of service users, family members and carers are central to the design and delivery of mental health services.
Design integrated, evidence‑based and recovery‑focussed mental health services.
Deliver timely, clinically effective and standardised safe mental health services in adherence to statutory requirements.
Promote the mental health of the population in collaboration with other services and agencies, including reducing loss of life by suicide.
Enable the provision of mental health services by highly trained and engaged staff and fit‑for‑purpose infrastructure.
Responsibilities
Deliver co‑ordinated, individualized care to clients in Psychiatry of Later Life Community Mental Health Teams and the Psychiatry of Later Life liaison team.
Work as part of multi‑disciplinary teams, contributing to the coordinated approach to client care.
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