Are you interested in being part of transforming and developing an innovative service? Humber’s Autism Mental Health Support Team aims to enhance support for autistic adults and their families/carers during mental health crises.
If you are a dynamic individual with a drive to deliver highly specialised care within a team that offers excellent service for autistic adults please contact us.
We are recruiting two band 6 specialist practitioners to this specialist team: one permanent, full-time practitioner post and one part-time secondment post (22.5hrs) for 10-12 months. There may be the potential to increase the secondment post to full-time hours.
This post is open to applicants from nursing, social work and AHP backgrounds.
This role will predominantly involve working closely with mental health teams within the unplanned care sector to support their work with autistic service users. This will include attending MDTs regularly to develop consistent working, offering support around care planning, sharing learning and support around specific issues to ultimately support the service user’s recovery.
The post holder will work to professional and regulatory body codes, standards and guidance at all times ensuring that their practice is grounded in evidence-based theoretical and practical knowledge.
Core Functions
1. To utilise specialist clinical skills to support, train and coach mental health teams in their work with autistic clients to promote recovery.
2. To work independently, without direct supervision, prioritising workload and responding to service demands in a timely way.
3. To recognise the need for and initiate where appropriate, advice of relevant specialisms.
4. To liaise closely with members of the MDT within the team and wider services to ensure the right support is being offered to autistic service users. Examples may include supporting with care planning, formulations, positive behaviour support plans (PBS), reasonable adjustments and sensory needs.
5. To employ excellent communication skills, both verbal and written to promote multi-disciplinary and interagency liaison and collaborative practice to broad range of audiences, including other professionals.
6. To continuously evaluate the clinical effectiveness of the service by use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures and participate in the development of the service.
7. To maintain knowledge of current research and clinical developments, to participate in research/audit within service and to take part in relevant training to support the role.
8. To supervise and oversee work delegated to band 4 team members.
We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website.
We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached job description and person specification.
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