Acute Care Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.

To work flexibly across a 7-day-a-week service.

To ensure the clinical caseload and clinical practice of nursing members of the Community Mental Health Team is of the highest standard of clinical care.

To manage case-load and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements.

To act as care co-ordinator under the Care Programme Approach, ensuring up to date agreed care plans, risk assessments and reviews are in place.

Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage and where appropriate change their behaviour.

Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet peoples identified needs and manage their inherent risk.

Provide OT specific assessment and interventions to individuals under the care of the Crisis Team.

To assess carers and families needs and develop, implement and review programmes of support for cares and families.

Protect people from abuse, neglect and harm.

Enable individuals to develop independent living skills and live in the community.

To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making, both within the Community Mental Health Team and with external agencies.

To maintain accurate and timely clinical records and to co-ordinate and monitor those of the team.

To adhere to N.M.C. codes of professional conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation.

To develop clinical practice having due regard to guidelines of the N.S.F. for Older People, N.S.F for Mental Health, N.I.C.E. and N.I.M.H.E.

To demonstrate empowering leadership skills within the Community Mental Health Team and seek opportunities in local and national area as to promote and develop the profession.

To participate in Clinical Governance activities, including: induction, supervision, personal development review, health and safety, risk management and audit.

To undertake specific project work or any other duties as negotiated with the Community Mental Health Team Co-ordinator.

Develop effective and supportive links with other health and social care staff. To create networks that improve the pathway of care for clients referred to the Community Team.

Participate in all clinical governance and audit developments including post registration education, training and continuing professional development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RVN or RNLD or RN: 1 st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent.
• ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent
• Currently Registered Nurse

Desirable

• Management training
• Mentorship Module (degree level)
• Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience of working with adults with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills thay are transferable to both community/in-patient.
• Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Skills & Competences

Essential

• Sound knowledge of national agenda for mental health
• Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
• Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles
• Highly developed communication skills.
• Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate
• Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team.
• Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes.
• Ability to work independently and collectively.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Grantham Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment

Beacon Lane

Grantham

NG31 9DF

Employer's website

https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)