Community Early Intervention in Psychosis Practitioner
The Enfield EIP service is currently seeking to recruit experienced and enthusiastic community practitioners to join the team based in Enfield, North London, working within this very exciting and rewarding area of mental health care for individuals experiencing a first episode of psychosis (FEP). The post is open to staff with a professional mental health background who meet the skills set in the person specification for Band 6. The postholder responsibilities are outlined in the job description. You will be responsible for providing care/treatment to support recovery of this client group and individuals, working seamlessly within a MDT to offer high quality, evidence-based practice. You will have extensive knowledge/experience of working with people experiencing psychosis and be fully up-to-date with current philosophies of practice, inclusive of NICE and EIP guidelines. The Enfield EIP service aims to support service users to a full recovery following an episode of psychosis by adopting a bio/psycho/social approach and assertive outreach style where a named clinician takes the lead role in supporting an individual with a diagnosis of FEP. The service is proud of its high level of service user and carer satisfaction, excellent performance record and innovative approach to recovery.
Main duties of the job
1. Carry overall responsibility for the management of a caseload.
2. Ensure care is carried out effectively within a multidisciplinary framework and in collaboration with other agencies.
3. Maintain contact with clients during periods of admission, including regular attendance on the ward.
4. Take lead in the planning and implementation of the client's re-integration back into the community.
5. Provide patients and their carers with a service that is culturally sensitive and gives due consideration to any special needs.
6. Provide therapeutic interventions by means of assessment and ongoing treatment in various settings.
7. Design care programmes in line with risk assessment and psychosocial needs.
8. Discharge clients in line with the Early Intervention policy and procedures.
9. Maintain clear, comprehensive and contemporaneous written clinical records on all clients in accordance with Trust policy, utilising IT skills and knowledge to access and input clinical information and data to various electronic systems, mainly RIO.
10. Prepare and provide social circumstances report and mental health tribunal report as required.
11. Prepare and provide Community Care Assessments, Carers Assessment, Financial assessments. Negotiate buying in Services as required in meeting client's needs, e.g. Direct payments, Housing.
12. Provide a direct link/liaison to GP practices as a mental health specialist advisor.
13. Assist clients with Welfare Rights/Benefits/Freedom Pass applications as necessary.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
1. We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
2. We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
3. NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme.
4. Excellent internal staff network.
The post holder will be aligned with our Values:
* We Are Kind
* We Are Respectful
* We Work Together
* We Keep Things Simple
* We Empower
* We Are Proudly Diverse
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.
Person Specification
Special Requirement
* Ability to work flexibly and in a self-directed manner.
* Car Driver/Owner with Full Driver's Licence.
Qualifications and Training
* RN(M) or SW or OT Qualifications.
* Evidence of further post-registration education and training.
* Relevant qualification in or experience of Psychosocial Interventions for people with psychosis.
Previous Experience
* Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience, one of which working with clients with mental health problems.
* Experience of working with young people and/or people with psychosis.
Knowledge and Skills
* Ability to work under pressure in acute situations with minimal supervision.
* Ability to undertake evidence-based interventions with clients suffering from a range of mental health problems.
* To demonstrate an awareness of a wide range of skills including interventions specific to this service user group e.g. Family intervention, Relapse prevention.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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