If you have ever considered a career working with autistic adults, now is your opportunity!
We are offering a position for a registered nurse, AHP, or social worker to join our multi-disciplinary team. We want to hear from you if you are highly committed to working with adults without a learning disability who have a diagnosis of autism.
The posts will either be based at Willis House or Rathbone Hospital, depending on the area staff will be working across.
The post holder will work as part of our team and will be responsible for supporting our new provision, the Autism Intensive Support Team. You will provide person-centred support and recommendations while working alongside our mental health colleagues to best support engagement for autistic people with these mental health services. Training and ongoing continuous professional development will be available from a supportive and established team.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health, including mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We are currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide while safely reducing costs.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Responsibilities include:
1. Have responsibility for a defined caseload of clients under the supervision of the Clinical Lead.
2. Assist with the appropriate screening of referrals and provide information for referrers, service users, and carers.
3. Support mental health professionals in offering the best care for individuals suffering from mental health difficulties.
4. Attend MDT meetings and offer professional oversight and input.
5. Clearly document findings and ensure the ability to share with other professionals.
6. Liaise regularly with the line manager, providing updates on the caseload.
7. Ensure intervention is provided in a range of settings suitable to meet the needs of the clients.
8. Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the multi-disciplinary team.
9. Provide information, education, and support for family members, carers, and other relevant professionals.
10. Participate and promote positive intra-agency working.
11. Participate in caseload supervision to monitor the standards of service user care and ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
12. Participate in regular clinical and managerial supervision with Clinical Lead/Team Manager, as per Trust policy.
13. Contribute to the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate service user assessments/referrals and models of care.
14. Compile and maintain effective client records and record outcome measures in conjunction with clients and in accordance with Professional and Trust policies, procedures, and standards.
15. Participate in the induction, training, or education of a variety of staff, students, or volunteers attached to the team/service.
16. Assist in setting standards of service user care based on sound research findings and evidence-based practice.
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