Job summary
Work with clients who have suspected psychosis or who are presenting with a psychotic illness, undertake, formulation, assessments including risk and specialist assessments such as SCI-Panns and CAARMS. Plan Monitor and Review Care Packages
The posts are within teams across the Pennine Care footprint to the east of Manchester. There are five Early Intervention Teams all achieving 'top performing' at the National Clinical Audit of Psychosis (NCAP). The organisation has secured additional investment to expand the psychological therapies service to people 14-35, with an at-risk mental state (ARMS).
Main duties of the job
To participate in the provision of a high quality care. This will involve assessing, supporting, monitoring of the service users who are experiencing 1st episode psychosis and those who are suspected of developing psychosis. It will involve you're working in a variety of community settings; it will include your liaising and co working with other services both statutory and non-statutory. It will involve you're working with carers and families of service users and will involve seeing service users families and carers in their own homes, clinics or in other environments such as hostels, supported living, prisons, residential and nursing homes.
About us
The Early intervention Team works with people ages 14 -65 experiencing their 1st episode of psychosis or with those who are at risk of developing a psychosis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN / Diploma / Degree), Occupational Therapist or Social Work registration
- Qualification to post graduate level or equivalent worked experience relevant to the role.
Desirable
- Approved Mental Health Practitioner.
- Mentorship / Practice Leadership qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of giving clinical supervision
- Experience of working effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience working with clients with serious mental illness and their families/carers.
- Experience of care coordinating complex packages of care.
- Experience of conducting high quality risk assessments and implementing risk management plans
Desirable
- Experience in early intervention for psychosis, e.g. specialist placement, previous employment in the early intervention service, participation in a research trial or personal experience
- Experience in the use of psychosis-specific semistructured interviews (e.g. PANSS; CAARMS; PSYRATS)
- Experience of managing Community Treatment Order's
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the ethos and philosophy of early interventions to support their clinical practice.
- A high level of knowledge and around Early Intervention for Psychosis.
Desirable
- Knowledge of research in psychosocial interventions and clinical implication
- A high level of knowledge about the evidence base and guidance for interventions for those with psychosis and an At-Risk Mental State.
- Knowledge of NICE guidelines for psychosis and schizophrenia.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to organise, plan and implement own work and oversee that of others
- Able to work to set workload deadlines and to coordinate staff to achieve same.
- To be self-motivated and to manage time effectively.
- An ability to interact appropriately and professionally with colleagues
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Desirable
- Experience of delivering service presentations and liaison to outside agencies to encourage referrals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN / Diploma / Degree), Occupational Therapist or Social Work registration
- Qualification to post graduate level or equivalent worked experience relevant to the role.
Desirable
- Approved Mental Health Practitioner.
- Mentorship / Practice Leadership qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of giving clinical supervision
- Experience of working effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience working with clients with serious mental illness and their families/carers.
- Experience of care coordinating complex packages of care.
- Experience of conducting high quality risk assessments and implementing risk management plans
Desirable
- Experience in early intervention for psychosis, e.g. specialist placement, previous employment in the early intervention service, participation in a research trial or personal experience
- Experience in the use of psychosis-specific semistructured interviews (e.g. PANSS; CAARMS; PSYRATS)
- Experience of managing Community Treatment Order's
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the ethos and philosophy of early interventions to support their clinical practice.
- A high level of knowledge and around Early Intervention for Psychosis.
Desirable
- Knowledge of research in psychosocial interventions and clinical implication
- A high level of knowledge about the evidence base and guidance for interventions for those with psychosis and an At-Risk Mental State.
- Knowledge of NICE guidelines for psychosis and schizophrenia.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to organise, plan and implement own work and oversee that of others
- Able to work to set workload deadlines and to coordinate staff to achieve same.
- To be self-motivated and to manage time effectively.
- An ability to interact appropriately and professionally with colleagues
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Desirable
- Experience of delivering service presentations and liaison to outside agencies to encourage referrals.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
