Older Adult Intensive Home Treatment Team

7 months ago


Bury, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS FT Full time

Post: Home Intensive Treatment Nurse, Older Age Adults Band: 6 Location/Base: Home Intensive Treatment Service, Ribchester Centre, Bury Responsible to: Team Manager Main Contacts: Older adult inpatient wards, CMHT OP, Care Home Liaison, Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Psychologist, Adult Social Care. Job Summary To offer intensive home treatment as an alternative to inpatient care. To facilitate early discharge/leave pathways to support discharge from inpatient services. To provide assessment, risk formulation/management and assessment for service users.

To provide crisis interventions to service users. To plan and deliver care for all service users. To provide supervision for junior colleagues. To actively participate in service development.

To participate in the overall development of the service ensuring that the principles of Clinical Governance underpin all developments. It is expected that you will deliver care in accordance with all Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures, the Mental Health Act and community care legislation. Main Duties and Responsibilities Clinical Work To carry out a thorough assessment of the service users Mental and Physical health needs, including a risk assessment. To develop individualised packages of care for service users experiencing a deterioration in their mental health, including signposting when necessary.

To provide intensive home treatment in service users home/community settings. To provide crisis management and short term psychotherapeutic interventions as appropriate. To develop and provide a supported discharge/leave pathway for inpatients. To identify the need for protection in line with safeguarding children and the Protection of Vulnerable Adult Policy and to comply with statutory obligations.

To liaise and negotiate with other professions, statutory and independent agencies to ensure the best possible service is provided to service users and carers. To evaluate systematically and record, outcomes of mental health assessments, adapting care on the basis of these outcomes. To involve family and carers in the assessment and care planning with service users consent. To provide education and appropriate self-help resources to patients specific to individual needs.

To maintain accurate and up to date clinical documentation on all service user contacts, ensuring confidentiality at all times. To develop a thorough understanding of deliberate self-harm, suicide and possible management strategies. To contribute to the establishment and review of policies, procedures and practice guidelines relating to the work of the Home Treatment Service and the interface between primary, secondary and specialist services. Mental Health Services To undertake evidence based practice.

To observe and practice within the legal requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983. To maintain professional standards by engaging in continual professional development. To be aware of professional accountability, with due regard to your Professional Code of Conduct. Research and Audit To ensure that PARIS records are efficiently maintained.

To contribute to audits as required, providing relevant data as required in line with performance monitoring targets. To participate in research opportunities as and when appropriate. Education and Training To contribute to the ongoing training and development of non-mental health trained medical and nursing staff with regard to mental health issues. To participate in clinical and managerial supervision in accordance with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust policy.

To provide mentorship, education and training to learners from a range of professional backgrounds.



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