Location: Exmouth, EX8 4DD
Salary: £29970.00 to £36483.00
Date posted: 15th April 2025
Closing date: 29th April 2025
We are pleased to be able to offer a Full Time Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner post with the East Devon OPMH team based at St Johns Court in Exmouth.
The post holder will deliver high quality mental health services. The role involves managing a defined caseload. The focus will be providing continuous assessment and treatment to people with mental health presentations and their carers. This will include Key working (design and co-ordination of treatment packages that are personalised) and the liaison with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory agencies is central to this role. The post holder will be an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
* Contribute to the teams engagement including liaising with a wide range of other professionals and agencies.
* Impart complex and sensitive information to patients and families/carers regarding assessment, care planning, treatment and review.
* Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure the provision of consistent well-coordinated care.
* Engage with primary care teams regarding client care.
* Communicate with external agencies involved in the provision of care e.g.: voluntary and private sector, police, social services, housing, employment etc.
* Support service user/carer groups.
* Contribute to the safe and effective day-to-day operations of the service including the handling of clinical inquiries.
* Provide and receive information, some of which may be contentious, sensitive and complex, to and from individuals and their families/carers and actively seek support as appropriate.
* Maintain high standards of written and verbal communication that is clear and in line with professional documentation standards.
* Participate in clinical meetings, reviews, professional meetings, and clinical risk meetings.
* Communicate information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable for service users and carers, working in line with practice standards and operational policies.
* Facilitate fair access to social care services and promote social inclusion regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
* Actively contribute to multi-disciplinary team working.
About us
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.
Job responsibilities
* Undertake risk assessments and determine the appropriate course of action, ensuring consultation with senior colleagues when necessary.
* Conduct and continuously re-evaluate bio-psycho-social assessments and contribute to the development of a working formulation and diagnosis, in consultation with senior clinical staff and the multi-disciplinary team.
* Be aware of your own clinical competencies, knowledge base, and experience, and ensure that you practice within this and seek support as required.
* Ensure the continuous re-evaluation of individuals' needs and clinical risk situations and use clinical judgment to formulate the most appropriate clinical plan.
* Organise meetings, including professional and risk meetings.
* Manage your own workload to ensure the needs of individuals who use our services are met, considering the wider needs of the team.
* Ensure that interventions are planned in an integrated and coordinated manner, which may include liaison with external agencies.
* Plan and organise individuals' packages of care and ensure that reviews are held within required time frames, for example Section 117 and Funding Panels.
* Plan your own workload and that of junior colleagues (e.g. Band 3/4 colleagues) to ensure that care is provided in a high-quality and cost-efficient manner.
* Manage designated caseload effectively, ensuring care and treatment are provided in line with practice standards.
* Understand social factors that impact mental health.
* Develop and deliver care packages including assessing, planning, intervention, and evaluation.
* Ensure all interventions have clear outcomes and that these are considered when sourcing resources to meet individuals' needs.
* Deliver services using a recovery and strengths approach where the needs of individuals and their carers are central, and their involvement is proactively encouraged.
* Provide specialist advice to referrers/other multi-disciplinary staff regarding the care of individuals.
* Enable communication and engagement of individuals and their carers to ensure they have a voice about the services they receive and how these are developed, including engagement of advocacy services.
* Take appropriate action to safeguard adults and children, attending safeguarding meetings and implementing relevant care plans under the guidance of a Senior Mental Health Practitioner.
* Ensure assessment and treatment plans are holistic, outcome-focused, and take into account the physical health and social needs of the individual, including input from significant others.
* Monitor and review mental health medication, considering interactions with physical health needs.
* Ensure timely and accurate documentation of all clinical activity in line with professional guidance and best practice.
* Practice in a way that actively minimizes dependency and promotes recovery.
* Have working knowledge of eligibility for services including FAB/FACS assessments and refer for these services when appropriate.
* Engage in the development of mental health services as guided by line management.
* Participate in the implementation of local systems and processes in your own area of work.
* Ensure compliance with CQC standards through participation in provider compliance assessment tools.
* Contribute to clinical governance arrangements to ensure the quality of the service provided, ensuring performance targets are met to provide high-quality care.
* Prepare care panel applications as guided by the line manager or senior colleague.
* Ensure care is provided in a cost-effective and high-quality manner and identify unmet needs.
* Responsible for the safe use of any equipment.
* Provide day-to-day supervision and clinical supervision as allocated by line manager.
* Supervise the caseload and care provision of junior colleagues.
* Demonstrate and role model excellent clinical skills.
* Mentor students in line with professional requirements.
* Maintain core training and participate in training and development opportunities to meet professional requirements.
* When tasks are delegated, ensure the person you delegate to is appropriately skilled to do so.
* Use information resources to maintain knowledge of Trust, Directorate, and Team priorities and safety initiatives.
* Maintain up-to-date clinical records in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with Trust Standard Operating Procedures.
* Share information with key stakeholders and other agencies in a secure manner.
Person Specification
Skills and abilities
* Excellent communication skills, including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health presentations.
* Ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals from various settings.
* Able to produce well-written reports and demonstrate computer literacy.
* Able to recognize potential difficulties and participate in finding solutions with the ability to assess risk.
* Able to prioritize work to reflect changing needs.
* Able to work independently and as part of a team.
* Ability to manage own time and work flexibly.
* Ability to be mobile across a geographical area in a timely manner and in accordance with service needs.
* Good clinical assessment skills.
* Ability to manage change in a positive manner.
* Able to participate and present information in a group setting.
Experience
* Understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
* Understanding of the CPA Process.
* Understanding of recovery principles in Mental Health.
* Understanding of Health and Social Care Agenda for Older Adults.
* Understanding of Organic Presentations in Older Adults.
* Experience managing a caseload of clients with a range of mental health presentations.
* Experience working with older adults with mental health problems.
* Experience working within a community setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
* Experience providing clinical supervision.
* Experience working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
Qualifications
* An appropriate professional Mental Health qualification and registration e.g. RMN, OT or Social Worker.
* Training to level 2 in Safeguarding Adults, children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff.
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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