Mental Health Practitioner

7 months ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Full time

You will be contributing to the assessment of memory functioning and participating in the treatment process including post-diagnostic support. You will support service users and carers, offering information and signposting them to other agencies. You will work closely with colleagues from the multi-disciplinary team, psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists and others. We will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role

If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for our community by supporting people with memory loss then we want to hear from you.

To work within the integrated multi-professional team and the Memory Assessment Service.

To be accountable for contributing to assessing, interpreting, planning and implementing treatment and care to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of the Band 6 mental health practitioner.

To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.

Provide support and education to peers, new staff, non-registered staff and Students.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

Clinical Service Specific

To work within the integrated care team-mental health memory service to ensure that patients needs are met.

To contribute to the assessment of memory functioning and health and social care needs, interpreting, planning and implementing treatment and care to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of Band 6 mental health practitioner.

Wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.

To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.

To support the band 6 mental health practitioner with interventions including support and guidance to both the person with dementia and their carer.

Organise and manage own time allocating work appropriately.

To ensure that record keeping is to a consistently high standard

To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate.

To highlight and report appropriate and potential risks.

To ensure that they contribute and work towards the service/organisational aims and objectives of the Neighbourhood teams and the new model of care

To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and NMC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate.

To ensure that they comply with current good practice in informing/updating all members of the multi-disciplinary team, their colleagues, service users and appropriate others of changes involving current nursing care plans, patients progress and other relevant matters that pertain to the care of the patient

Provide support and education to peers, new staff non-registered staff and students

To support the band 6 with day to day planning and delivery of a high quality nursing service.
- DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website



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