Mental Health Access Line; Mental Health Practitioner

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the mental health access line. We are recruiting a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to triage and respond to calls from ambulance and police calls. Such calls are triage from a response from blue light services in which a patient is presenting in a mental health crisis or condition. The role of the practitioner will be to access resources such as RIO to offer advice to the police or paramedic. The practitioner will also use the ambulance systems of C3 and triage calls coming directly to the ambulance services, close working with our NWAS colleagues is essential. The practitioner will also liaise with our LSCFT colleagues such as the IRS, HBT, CMHT and Frequent attenders team to gain best outcome for the patient. The practitioner will need to have quick decision making skills with experience in risk management.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide evidence based mental health assessments and/or signposting to alternative service provision for people who present requiring a specialist urgent mental health assessment. The post holder will be required to risk manage and help inform decision making to police and paramedics on scene.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Date posted

30 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-CEN912-MT

Job locations

Broughton Ambulance Hub

449-451 Garstang Rd

Broughton, Preston

PR3 5LN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the Job Description and Person Specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the Job Description and Person Specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Mental Health Practitioner

Knowledge

Essential

Able to understand the difference between crisis planning and contingency planning and able to formulate explicit planning in these areas
Knowledge, understanding and experience of the care pathways for psychosis and non-psychosis and relevant interventions
Effective communication with service users, carers and members of the multidisciplinary teams.

Experience

Essential

Complete risk assessments which reflect the risk a service user may pose.
Transfer the risk assessment into robust risk management planning.

Skills

Essential

Able to demonstrate high level problem solving skills.
Ability to prioritise work
Good time management skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Mental Health Practitioner

Knowledge

Essential

Able to understand the difference between crisis planning and contingency planning and able to formulate explicit planning in these areas
Knowledge, understanding and experience of the care pathways for psychosis and non-psychosis and relevant interventions
Effective communication with service users, carers and members of the multidisciplinary teams.

Experience

Essential

Complete risk assessments which reflect the risk a service user may pose.
Transfer the risk assessment into robust risk management planning.

Skills

Essential

Able to demonstrate high level problem solving skills.
Ability to prioritise work
Good time management skills

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.