Senior Mental Health Practitioner

4 weeks ago


East Liverpool, Ohio, United Kingdom North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Overview

The Mental Health Triage and Response Team is a dynamic new service that incorporates the multiple award-winning Street Triage Car, Places of Safety, and our new Psychiatric Clinical Decisions Unit.

The clinical decision unit is part of the wider Mental Health Triage and Response service, alongside our dedicated health-based places of safety and the Street Triage cars.

Level 2 Police vetting is required for working alongside Police/BTP.

Main Duties of the Job

The role of the Senior Practitioner within the Mental Health Triage and Response Team will include providing a response to Street Triage Car Service, the management of Section 136, and the operating of the identified Places of Safety and Clinical Decision Unit.

You will work collaboratively alongside other Registered Mental Health Practitioners, healthcare support workers, and also with Police forces, NWAS, Local Authorities, Acute Trust colleagues, and Mental Health Services.

The Mental Health Triage and Response Team and Clinical Decision Unit will support service users presenting in crisis and ensure that their needs are met within the identified places of safety and assist with a timely assessment and safety planning.

You will need to demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, problem solve, recognize risk, and be able to effectively support the service user.

Working for Our Organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services.

We celebrate diversity and promote equal opportunities.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

Participate in regular clinical and managerial supervision as per Trust policy.

Participate in supervision to monitor standards of service user care and documentation.

Assist with screening and telephone triage of referrals, prioritizing as appropriate.

Formulate, contribute, and participate in the development and implementation of specialist assessments, including risk, with patients requiring crisis care.

Carry out generic and specialist assessments, including risk, with patients requiring crisis care.

Provide short-term evidence-based practices and fixed-term interventions.

Support the delivery of education and self-help materials within a variety of locations.

Assist in the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate service user assessments/referrals and models of care.

Ensure the clinical environment is conducive to promote service users' health, safety, and well-being, thereby preserving and respecting each service user's personal dignity, privacy, religious, and cultural beliefs.

Ensure the safe management of medicines and adhere to safe practice and principles of administration in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Trust Medicines Code.

RMN, AHP, Social Worker

  • Evidence of post-registration study/continuing professional development.
  • Experience in change management and policy formulation.
  • Experience of undertaking and involvement in Serious Untoward Incident Reviews.
  • Evidence of experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems in a variety of healthcare settings.
  • A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights.
Values
  • Accountability
  • Support
Skills
  • Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally.
  • Being responsive and flexible, seeing change as an opportunity to improve services.
  • Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit.
  • Leadership Skills.
  • Ability to work within a CBU management team, be able to generate own workload, and ability to work to strict deadlines.
  • Ability to build purposeful relationships with a range of both internal and external to the organisation.
  • Proven knowledge of relevant mental health legislation.
  • Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship, and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to junior staff.
  • Demonstrate a good knowledge of professional Codes of Conduct and Staff's responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base.
  • The ability to lead change management.
  • Ability to contribute to developing care excellence within the ward/team area.


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