Mental Health Practitioners

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Full time

The role of the Mental Health Well-Being Practitioner as a member of the team is to provide specialist nursing care to patients with mental health conditions or patients experiencing psychological distress. Deliver therapeutic interventions that will reduce agitation and distress and promote recovery. To identify factors that increase and decrease agitation/distress for the patient. To always deliver care according to the principles of least restriction. Carrying out assigned tasks as part of clinical team in support of registered nurses and to undertake some aspects of care provision without direct supervision. Ensuring the safety and well
- being of services users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centered care principles.

The post holder will be expected to work with patients admitted to the ward as a member of the multidisciplinary team, delivering a high standard of evidence-based care and treatment in order to maximise each patient individual potential.

The post holder is responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of care to patients and families admitted to the ward in conjunction with the Psychiatric Liaison Team.

He/she will deliver care that has already been planned by a clinician or a Registered Nurse and will be skilled in taking appropriate action to ensure that outcomes are achieved.

He/she will be competent, confident and adaptable and will require mínimal supervision from the registered professionals within the team.

He / she will contribute to the efficient running of the department and ensure patients and their families are seen in a timely manner.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream
- To therapeutically engage with patients who have a mental health condition or are experiencing psychological distress
- To deliver care in accordance with the principles of least restriction and in line with national guidance including NICE guidelines for managing disturbed behaviour
- To understand continuous risk assessment of patient and escalate any increase in risk
- To identify when patients are experiencing anxiety/distress and therapeutically engage with them to alleviate these symptoms.
- To identify escalation of risk and actively de-escalate the situation.
- To undertake therapeutic activities with the patient, that are appropriate to their presentation.
- Undertakes a range of delegated clinical care duties to deliver agreed plans of care, acting on own initiative.
- To ensure patients receive high quality clinical care and good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
- Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
- To act as advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
- Provides support and assistance to professionals in the implementation of plans of care for individual patients.
- As directed to collect specimens from patients and record routine observations. Report abnormalities and concerns to a Registered Nurse.

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