Main area: Early Intervention Community - Mental Health Services
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 350-MHC6980623
Employer: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Harry Blackman House
Town: St Helens
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 03/03/2025
Early Intervention Practitioner
Band 6
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Job overview
The St Helens & Knowsley Early Intervention in Psychosis Team are looking for a full-time practitioner, operating working hours of 9am-5pm. We are looking for qualified, motivated, enthusiastic, self-directed mental health practitioners to join the team as a Care Co-ordinator with opportunities to be part of our assessment team. You will be involved in the patient journey from triage, assessment through to offering interventions supporting service users to recover from psychosis.
Main duties of the job
1. To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the care programme approach and under the supervision of the line manager.
2. To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual and that unqualified staff are delivering care as identified in the care plan.
3. To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.
4. To undertake and supervise risk assessments and formulation of risk management plan for service users under your care.
5. To ensure Safeguarding Children and Adults requirements are followed and participate in meetings as appropriate.
6. To direct unqualified staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.
7. To participate in setting standards for care based on sound evidence-based and research findings.
8. To communicate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team information which has an impact on the service user’s care.
9. To have accurate and up-to-date knowledge of the Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation.
10. To ensure that all relevant information with regards to a service users care and treatment is documented accurately and legibly into the health record.
Person specification
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
Skills
* Ability to prioritise workload proactively
* Committed to raising standards in clinical areas
* Capable of working on own initiative
* Able to involve and listen to others
Experience/Knowledge
* Demonstrable experience at senior nurse level
* Experience in relevant speciality
* Knowledge of health service and initiatives
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Demonstrate leadership and motivational skills
Qualifications
* First level registered general nurse
* Current NMC registration
* Evidence of study at degree level
* Leadership Qualification
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As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
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