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7 months ago
The CRHTT operates a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week service for people aged 18 years and above who are experiencing a mental health crisis or requiring support to be discharged from the acute wards. The service will maintain focus on identifying, assessing and care planning for servicer users.
The post holder will be expected to be self-motivating with the ability to demonstrate accurate formulations of mental state, risk and need for people in a mental health crisis and take into account medical, social & cultural factors and referring on to other disciplines in the team or other agencies as appropriate within the given timeframes for the service. In particular you will be expected to assess and update risk on each contact and be fully aware of the safeguarding concerns.
- To work within a multidisciplinary mental health assessment service, assessing referrals from various sources including GPs, CRHTT and the acute admission wards and providing home treatment for patients accepted on to our caseload.
- To be a part of the assessment or the home treatment team within the Crisis Team.
- To provide Gatekeeping and feedback based on the CRHTT criteria
Making the Trust an excellent place to work is important to us and one of our key priorities. We are doing a lot to improve the working lives of our staff such as making flexible working hours available.
- To provide comprehensive risk assessments incorporating baseline physical assessments.
- Provide expert advice on the management, treatment interventions and diagnosis of patients experiencing a mental health crisis with the aim of minimising risks, ensuring safe care and promote recovery.
- Provide support to acute hospital wards and facilitate early discharge of patients or support them while on leave and reduce length of stay for patients in hospital.
- To use a range of psycho-social interventions to improve mental health outcomes for patients
- To reduce re-admissions to the acute hospitals by facilitating client education and service user led recovery and independence as well as longer term support.
- To provide seamless care from the GP or ward to community for those patients under our service.
- To act on a regular basis as a shift co-ordinator assigning colleagues work for the day.
- Be aware of and adhere to our lone worker policy.
- When required supervise and facilitate the administration of medication.
- Participate in the multi-disciplinary team meetings as well as team and business meetings.
- To promote social inclusion, community access and participation through the provision of client car
- Where appropriate and with authorisation, act as an advocate for patients and carers.
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