South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Due to promotion, we are looking to recruit a full-time Band 6 or Band 5 - Band 6 Development post Community Mental Health Practitioner, who is either a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with clinical experience of working in a community mental health service.
We are a Community Mental Health Team for Older People service based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, who have a strong and well-established Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) who work together to deliver person-centred assessments, interventions, and support.
We have a mix of professions within the team: Consultant Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Mental Health Practitioners, and Health Care Support Workers. We are a community-based service working Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
For further information, or if you wish to arrange an informal visit, please contact Mark Whittlesea on 07766 905796.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the post include:
1. Independently and autonomously assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients with attention to mental health/dementia, physical, emotional, social, and cultural issues.
2. Hold a clinical caseload following the guidelines of Care Programme Approach (CPA) and the role of care co-ordinator.
3. Participate in triaging new referrals received by the service.
4. Participate in the role of Duty Clinician.
5. Work in a collaborative manner with others to ensure seamless service delivery.
6. Participate in the use of reflective practice, research, audits and clinical supervision.
Person Specification
The qualities we are looking for in potential candidates are:
* Established clinical background in working with service users presenting with mental health issues.
* Ideally to have experience of working with older people living with dementia.
* Experience of working autonomously and leadership responsibilities.
* Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* A Full UK driving license and use of own car is essential.
Job responsibilities
* Has continuing responsibility for the provision of skilled interventions to people with mental health problems in the community.
* Works within a multi-disciplinary team as a member of a Core CMHT.
* Management of own caseload in line with C.P.A. procedures and risk management protocols.
* Provision of leadership to the Core Team in respect of psycho-social interventions to people and carers.
* Supervision and support of other team members.
* Participation in service development and clinical governance structures.
* Assesses needs and identifies problems relevant to the care of people referred.
* Devises a plan of care in partnership with the person and carers.
* Implements the planned programme of care to ensure a high standard is achieved.
* Reviews the effectiveness of the care provided and where appropriate initiates any action.
* Advises and supports the person and carers to promote health and well-being and to prevent illness.
* Recognises situations that may be detrimental to the health and well-being of the person and initiates action that may be required.
* Establishes and maintains satisfactory communication with all agencies involved in the person's care in both hospital and community.
* Functions as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
* Management of enquiries and direct referrals of people in accordance with the Core C.M.H.T. Operational Policy and participates in the team duty rota.
* Maintain professional registration and demonstrate commitment to statutory codes of practice and continued professional development requirements.
* Responsible for acting up in the absence of the team leader.
* Maintains accurate patient care records in accordance with professional codes of conduct and trust procedures and ensures records are made available when required by the appropriate agency.
* Participates in the formulation of policies at unit level.
* Maintains accurate mileage records.
* Manages caseload with due economy of cost and time.
* Ensures safe carriage, storage and administration of drugs prescribed (registered nurses only).
* Responsible for the ordering of stock with due economy.
* Produces monthly statistics in line with trust directives.
* Keeps the Management Team and colleagues informed of developments relevant to the area of responsibility.
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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