Mental Health Practitioner inSt Helens inSt Helens PUBLISHED
FRI 8 NOV 2024
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust rDYcspZ6
The Mental Health Practitioner will engage in face-to-face specialist assessments, manage a caseload, and develop safety plans with service users and their carers. Responsibilities include ensuring effective communication with inpatient units, supporting police colleagues through training and information sharing, and adhering to professional standards in record-keeping and medication management. Practitioners will also contribute to creating integrated care pathways and may act as non-medical prescribers following appropriate training, all while maintaining a focus on user-centered care and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.
Mid CRHT are currently looking to recruit Band 6 practitioners to join the team.
CRHT operates on a 24 hour, 7 day a week basis. CRHT offers to provide intensive home support to services users as an alternative to hospital admission. CRHT work collaboratively with a variety of services to support service users at home.
CRHT base is St Helens and will cover other surrounding boroughs; Halton, Warrington & Knowsley
The post holder will be expected to work on a rotational shift basis in accordance with service demands, this includes working weekends and night shifts,
The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care within the framework of Effective Care Co-ordination (ECC).
The post holder will operate as part of an integrated Home Treatment Service but be expected to be flexible in terms of delivering care within a variety of environments.
The team will work to assess and provide treatment to service users with complex needs. Alternative options to admission will be considered where possible.
The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users' choice and works alongside them and their carers to ensure they are at the centre of care planning.
The post holder will be expected to participate in a 24hr roster system 7 Days a week, on a rotational basis as and when the service demands.
The core roles include; face to face assessment, specialist mental health assessments, supporting and sharing information with the wider police community and acting in an advisory capacity for people in conjunction with mental health law. The role also involves delivering training and education to police colleague's and signposting to appropriate partner agencies.
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Formulate, contribute to, and participate in, the development and implementation of assessment and care planning systems in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team
Manage a case load within the Crisis Resolution /Home Treatment Team
Carry out generic and specialist assessments, including risk and provide therapeutic interventions/ home treatments within the most appropriate setting in accordance with the service users and/or carers needs. Complete Gatekeeping for all Inpatient admission requests across the Merseyside footprint. Assess whether users can be managed safely within the community promoting quicker recovery. Assess Risks and collaboratively develop safety plans with users/carers. Ensure effective liaison with inpatient units across the Trust to facilitate early discharges or to undertake reviews of those users placed out of area. Act as the Duty Practitioner /2nd Duty, as part of a rotational roster.
Fully participate in ECC undertaking a care-coordinator role as appropriate
Assist in the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate service user assessments/referrals and models of care.
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.
Responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision and act as Named Nurse as required.
Participate and assist in setting standards of service user care based on sound research findings.
Act as knowledge resource in specialist area of practice to other team members and other agencies as required.
Where indicated and following completion of the relevant training the practitioner will act as a non-medical prescriber, at all times working within their sphere of clinical competence.
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