Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Multiple Permanent Full Time and Fixed Term posts available
The Initial Response Service (IRS) launched in the Bay in 2023 and has since been an integral part of secondary mental health services. We've improved access to mental health services for individuals who need it while reducing demands on care and treatment delivery services. In the most recent CQC report, the IRS was identified as a source of positive change in how mental health services are delivered in Lancashire and South Cumbria.
In the IRS, your skills and expertise will be in assessing patients at the point of referral and identifying which service will best meet their needs moving forward. The spectrum of mental health needs varies significantly; you will offer advice and guidance for mild to moderate mental health issues and ways this can be managed and improved. You will also respond to urgent referrals with more acute needs and higher risks in the community.
Main duties of the job
* Ability to use your skills to triage and assess individuals with varying degrees of mental health difficulties over the phone and/or face to face in the community.
* Identify community services that are most appropriate for presenting need (third sector, CMHT, HBTT, and Talking Therapies).
* Act as shift lead, screening referrals and prioritising them based on your clinical judgment of risk and need.
* Work alongside the police to support patients and implement care when they are at risk of being held under s.136 of the MHA.
* Function in a fast-paced environment with a supportive developing team.
We want to hear from practitioners who are experienced in the field of mental health and its care and treatment pathways (including third sector service). We need confident practitioners with the ability to assess risk and respond to it appropriately in a fast-paced environment.
Fancy the challenge? IRS for the Bay has multiple roles available in the team, so come along and join us.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health, and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria, and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, believing that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time, and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
Job Responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
* Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (e.g. RMN/Dip SW/OT)
Knowledge
* In-depth knowledge of mental health problems
* In-depth knowledge of issues that impact upon people with mental health problems
* Detailed knowledge of the impact of risk and protective factors that affect people with mental health problems
Experience
* Experience of post-qualification clinical work with service users experiencing a range of mental health problems
* Experience of delivering evidence-based interventions in a time-limited framework
* Evidence of assessment across a broad range of mental health problems
Skills and Abilities
* Ability to assess service users' presenting problems and needs quickly and accurately under pressure.
* Ability to determine the most appropriate course of action from a range of available options.
* Ability to communicate clearly the outcomes of assessment, verbally and in writing.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and 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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