Job Summary
The post-holder will work with other members of the MDT, including nursing, psychology, social work, and support workers, monitoring individuals' safety, providing a range of social, psychological, and medication-based interventions, and working closely with families and carers.
The team works closely with the unit's two inpatient wards, Lesney and Millbrook, assisting the unit's management team with their active bed-management programme, facilitating early discharge, and with community teams to help prevent unnecessary hospital admission. The post holder will provide, working with team colleagues, rapid medical assessments of mental state and risk, where appropriate, assist with formulating and diagnosing patients' difficulties in a holistic manner, and instigate appropriate care packages.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Support to the consultant and the HTT in developing and maintaining the caseloads of all patients on the caseload ensuring that Core Assessments, Risk Assessments and Care Plans are available in RiO case records.
2. Provision of reviews, and home assessment sessions, including Mental Health Act, where necessary to the HTT.
3. Development of comprehensive case-note summaries, comprehensive multi-axial assessment processes and care planning in line with NICE Guidelines.
4. To attend relevant HTT meetings.
5. To ensure the involvement of families and carers, wherever possible, with the patient's consent in treatment planning.
6. To support the consultant in preparing any necessary reports, and attending Mental Health Review Tribunals (although this is a very infrequent occurrence in the HTT).
7. To support the consultant to ensure that all Relapse Prevention and Crisis Plans for patients on Enhanced CPA are available in RiO case records and are updated.
8. Providing clinical cover for the consultant, when she/he is away on leave, with supervision by another consultant.
About Us
At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.
Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.
"We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it's a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it's a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people's lives."
Ify Okocha
Chief Executive
Job Location
Bexley Home Treatment Team, Woodlands Unit, Queen Mary's Hospital, Frognal Avenue, Sidcup, DA14 6LT
Salary
£59,175 to £95,400 a year Dependent on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full-time
Reference Number
277-6253361-MD
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
* MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
* MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Experience
* Excellent knowledge in specialty.
* Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
Skills & Knowledge
* Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
* Participated in continuous professional development.
* Participated in research or service evaluation.
* Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
* Has actively participated in clinical audit.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer Details
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Bexley Home Treatment Team, Woodlands Unit, Queen Mary's Hospital, Frognal Avenue, Sidcup, DA14 6LT
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/
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