Job summary
An exciting opportunity to join a brand new service and partnership.
Emergency services are receiving increasing volumes of calls for individuals presenting with acute mental health issues in the community. A significant proportion of emergency services resource is being used to support individuals struggling with their mental health, who often present with complex issues that require further assessment and ongoing support.
The service will provide urgent triage of service users' mental health needs in the community, as an effective alternative to existing mental health crisis pathways available to emergency services.
Service users will be supported to access the right care at the right time by the right professional in the least restrictive way, reducing system pressures across emergency services, emergency departments and health-based places of safety.
Working in partnership will further form and strengthen working relationships between partner agencies and staff on the frontline, sharing experiences, education and insight into available local support resources for mutual service users.
Main duties of the job
The practitioner will be jointly responsible for:
- Information sharing within the service to enable informed decision-making and prioritisation of the Joint Response resource.
- Triage of service user's mental health needs.
- Biopsychosocial assessment of service user's mental health needs, where indicated.
- Assessment, formulation and management of presenting risks.
- Ensuring physical health care or treatment is accessed, if required, through support from NWAS (including via NWAS Hear and Treat advice line where appropriate).
- Assessment of mental capacity, where required.
- Timely completion of relevant documentation to evidence decision-making on scene.
- Signposting and onwards referrals for mental health and social support.
- Supporting their counterpart BTP officer in the decision-making where conveyance to ED/detention under s136 (as per MHA) deemed to be the most appropriate course of action.
- Education and informal training on scene, strengthening working relationships in partnership with emergency service colleagues.
- Provision of life support, where necessary and suitably trained.
- Maintaining patient confidentiality.
- Safeguarding vulnerable persons.
- Incident reporting, in line with existing Trust policies and procedures.
About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description and person specification for a detailed account of the main responsibilities for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description and person specification for a detailed account of the main responsibilities for this role.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- RMN / Occupational Therapist / Social Worker equivalent.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent demonstrable experience.
- Substantial experience as a senior mental health practitioner within the NHS
- Extensive experience of working with patients with complex mental health needs
- Working with multiagency safeguarding procedures
- Understanding key principles within mental health services
- Understanding of Legislation - Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act
- Specialist knowledge of mental health problems and medications used in this setting.
- Role and function of key partners in statutory and non-statutory agencies
- Ability to function and make decisions in high pressure clinical environments.
- Ability to ensure the team operates effectively as part of the wider mental health system
- Ability to critically appraise incidents to ensure appropriate learning is identified and used to improve practice.
Desirable
- Experience of business planning
- Experience of resource management
- Local knowledge of services and facilities
- Specialist knowledge of therapeutic interventions
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- RMN / Occupational Therapist / Social Worker equivalent.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent demonstrable experience.
- Substantial experience as a senior mental health practitioner within the NHS
- Extensive experience of working with patients with complex mental health needs
- Working with multiagency safeguarding procedures
- Understanding key principles within mental health services
- Understanding of Legislation - Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act
- Specialist knowledge of mental health problems and medications used in this setting.
- Role and function of key partners in statutory and non-statutory agencies
- Ability to function and make decisions in high pressure clinical environments.
- Ability to ensure the team operates effectively as part of the wider mental health system
- Ability to critically appraise incidents to ensure appropriate learning is identified and used to improve practice.
Desirable
- Experience of business planning
- Experience of resource management
- Local knowledge of services and facilities
- Specialist knowledge of therapeutic interventions
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).
