Mental Health Practitioner / Mental Health NurseinPrescotinPrescotPUBLISHED TUE 21 JAN 2025

The Adult Eating Disorders Service in Knowsley & St Helens is looking to recruit a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to our welcoming and supportive team.

We are a multidisciplinary, community based team including Clinical Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, a Consultant Psychiatrist, Dietitian, OT, CBT Therapist and Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners. The team provides assessment and treatment for adults with eating disorders.

We are hoping to recruit a Registered Mental Health Practitioner to work with us. An interest in therapeutic interventions would be welcomed and there will be opportunities for professional development within the role.

The position is full-time and permanent. We are based at Knowsley Resource & Recovery Centre and our office hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

As a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner within the team, you will work within the MDT to provide assessments, treatment and support for our service users with eating disorders and their carers.

You will hold a clinical caseload and provide case management for adults with complex needs related to their eating disorder and other mental health needs. You will be required to liaise with other professionals and services to help provide the best care to our service users.

The main duties include:

To provide high quality, evidence based care for service users and their carers within inpatient and community services.

To work in a socially inclusive way and in line with the recovery model.

To function as named nurse/care coordinator to service users undertaking assessment, planning and evaluation and review of care, within a recovery focused model of care.

To participate as an active member of the multi disciplinary team.

To provide advice, expertise and leadership within the team.

To supervise care for service users presenting with complex and high risk needs.

To work autonomously, reaching clinically appropriate decisions based on information received and using the knowledge and experience of the multi disciplinary team.

To be qualified to act as a mentor for students.

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To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the care programme approach and under the supervision of the line manager.

To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual and that unqualified staff are delivering care as identified in the care plan.

To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.

To undertake and supervise risk assessments and formulation of risk management plan for service users under your care, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team, family members carers and significant others.

To ensure Safeguarding Children and Adults requirements are followed and participate in meetings as appropriate.

To direct unqualified staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.

To participate in setting standards for care based on sound evidence based and research findings.

To participate in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users.

To communicate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team information which has an impact on the service users care.

To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to impart sensitive information.

To have accurate and up-todate knowledge of the Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation

Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of duties and responsibilities.