Job summary The Mental Health Triage and Response team is a dynamic new service which incorporates the Multiple Award winning street triage car, Places of Safety and our new Psychiatric Clinical Decisions Unit which fall within the Mersey Care Footprint. It will play an important role in Mersey Care's response to the national roll out of Right Care Right Person across the region. The clinical decision unit is part of the wider Mental Health Triage and Response service, alongside our dedicated health based places of safety (awarded the Seni Lewis award at the 2024 HSJ Patient Safety Awards) and the Street Triage cars (awarded the2022 NHS parliamentary award for Urgent and Emergency Care) Shortlisted applicants will be invited to our recruitment event on 9 November 2024. Level 2 Police vetting is required for working alongside Police/BTP Main duties of the job The role of the Senior Practitioner within the Mental Health Triage and Response Team will include providing a response to Street Triage Car Service, the management of Section 136 and the operating of the identified Places of Safety and Clinical Decision Unit. You will work collaboratively along side other Registered Mental Health Practitioner, healthcare support workers and also with Police forces, NWAS, Local Authorities, Acute Trust colleagues and Mental Health Services. The Mental Health Triage and Response Team and Clinical Decision Unit will support service users presenting in crisis and ensure that their needs are met within the identified places of safety and assist with a timely assessment and safety planning. You will need to demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, problem solve, recognise risk and be able to effectively support the service user. About us Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. Date posted 30 October 2024 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time, Part-time Reference number 350-MHC6662530-A Job locations Liverpool/ Warrington and Southport Warrington/ Liverpool/ Southport WA2 8WA Job description Job responsibilities Participate in regular clinical and managerial supervision as per Trust policy. Participate in supervision to monitor standards of service user care and documentation. Assist with screening and telephone triage of referrals, prioritizing as appropriate. Provide information for referrers, service users and carers. Formulate, contribute and participate in the development and implementation of specialist assessments, including risk, with patients requiring crisis care. Formulate and deliver plans of care as appropriate in collaboration with the multi- disciplinary team Carry out generic and specialist assessments including risk with patients requiring crisis care. Formulate and deliver plans of care as appropriate. Provide short-term evidence based practices and fixed term interventions Support the delivery of education and self-help materials within a variety of locations. Develop and maintain effective working partnerships with services in other statutory and non-statutory organisations. Assist in the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate service user assessments/referrals and models of care. Ensure the clinical environment is conductive to promote service users health, safety and well-being, thereby preserving and respecting each services users personal dignity, privacy, religious and cultural beliefs. Ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards. Ensure the safe management of medicines and adhere to safe practice and principles of administration in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Trust Medicines Code. Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the Multi- disciplinary Team. Participate and promote positive intra-agency working. Participate and assist in setting standards of service user care based on sound research findings and evidenced based practice. Job description Job responsibilities Participate in regular clinical and managerial supervision as per Trust policy. Participate in supervision to monitor standards of service user care and documentation. Assist with screening and telephone triage of referrals, prioritizing as appropriate. Provide information for referrers, service users and carers. Formulate, contribute and participate in the development and implementation of specialist assessments, including risk, with patients requiring crisis care. Formulate and deliver plans of care as appropriate in collaboration with the multi- disciplinary team Carry out generic and specialist assessments including risk with patients requiring crisis care. Formulate and deliver plans of care as appropriate. Provide short-term evidence based practices and fixed term interventions Support the delivery of education and self-help materials within a variety of locations. Develop and maintain effective working partnerships with services in other statutory and non-statutory organisations. Assist in the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate service user assessments/referrals and models of care. Ensure the clinical environment is conductive to promote service users health, safety and well-being, thereby preserving and respecting each services users personal dignity, privacy, religious and cultural beliefs. Ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards. Ensure the safe management of medicines and adhere to safe practice and principles of administration in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Trust Medicines Code. Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the Multi- disciplinary Team. Participate and promote positive intra-agency working. Participate and assist in setting standards of service user care based on sound research findings and evidenced based practice. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Appropriate professional qualification or experience at Degree Level e.g. RMN, AHP, Social Worker Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development e.g. Mentorship in Practice Desirable Working towards master level education Knowledge/Experience Essential Significant demonstrable post registration experience in mental health Evidence of leadership and management skills. Evidence of experience of managing cases & case loads Evidence of supervising staff. Ability to work autonomously across the organisation/boundaries and with other agencies Experience of working in partnership with other agencies and service users and carers Experience of audit/research and working knowledge of clinical governance. Experience in change management and policy formulation. o Experience of using Incident Reporting Systems e.g. DATIX Experience of undertaking and involvement in Serious Untoward Incident Reviews Evidence of experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems in a variety of health care settings. A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights Values Essential Continuous Improvement Accountability Respectfulness Enthusiasm Support Skills Essential Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally Being responsive and flexible, seeing change as an opportunity to improve services Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit Leadership Skills Ability to work within a CBU management team, be able to generate own workload and ability to work to strict deadlines. Ability to build purposeful relationships with a range of both internal and external to the organisation Proven knowledge of relevant mental health legislation. Demonstrate knowledge of ECC guidelines. Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to junior staff Demonstrate a good knowledge of professional Codes of Conduct and Staffs' responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base. Professional attitude. Possess excellent listening and negotiation skills and leadership skills. Excellent oral and written skills Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills. The ability to lead change management Ability to contribute to developing care excellence within the ward / team area Person Specification Qualifications Essential Appropriate professional qualification or experience at Degree Level e.g. RMN, AHP, Social Worker Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development e.g. Mentorship in Practice Desirable Working towards master level education Knowledge/Experience Essential Significant demonstrable post registration experience in mental health Evidence of leadership and management skills. Evidence of experience of managing cases & case loads Evidence of supervising staff. Ability to work autonomously across the organisation/boundaries and with other agencies Experience of working in partnership with other agencies and service users and carers Experience of audit/research and working knowledge of clinical governance. Experience in change management and policy formulation. o Experience of using Incident Reporting Systems e.g. DATIX Experience of undertaking and involvement in Serious Untoward Incident Reviews Evidence of experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems in a variety of health care settings. A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights Values Essential Continuous Improvement Accountability Respectfulness Enthusiasm Support Skills Essential Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally Being responsive and flexible, seeing change as an opportunity to improve services Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit Leadership Skills Ability to work within a CBU management team, be able to generate own workload and ability to work to strict deadlines. Ability to build purposeful relationships with a range of both internal and external to the organisation Proven knowledge of relevant mental health legislation. Demonstrate knowledge of ECC guidelines. Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to junior staff Demonstrate a good knowledge of professional Codes of Conduct and Staffs' responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base. Professional attitude. Possess excellent listening and negotiation skills and leadership skills. Excellent oral and written skills Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills. The ability to lead change management Ability to contribute to developing care excellence within the ward / team area 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. Certificate of Sponsorship 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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. Certificate of Sponsorship 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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Address Liverpool/ Warrington and Southport Warrington/ Liverpool/ Southport WA2 8WA Employer's website https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)