Clinical Treatment Practitioner

Job summary

The Pennine Clinical Treatment Team currently have an opportunity for a Band 6 Clinical Treatment Practitioner

12-month fixed term contract/secondment - 30 hours per week

An opportunity has arisen for a Registered Mental Health Nurse, to join the Pennine Clinical Treatment Team. You must be a motivated individual, committed to promoting recovery and well-being for our service users. Excellent communication skills are essential for the role. Previous experience of Clinical Treatment Team work is desirable

This post provides the opportunity for a forward thinking and experienced individual to develop and implement safe, sound and supportive services that embrace the provision of holistic care.

Main duties of the job

To provide the delivery of clinical treatments and monitoring to clients as per policy, guidance and best practice.

To provide nursing activity in the delivery of pharmacological treatments and subsequent patient monitoring for desired outcomes and unwanted side effects. Such treatments include depot medications, lithium carbonate and Clozapine treatment regimes. The work undertaken will include delivery of treatment initiation programmes, which meets expected national standards for this client group.

To oversee and support in the delivery of ECT and work to meet expected accredited standards, in association with medical and anaesthetic colleagues across organisations.

To work in close association with the Clinical Treatment Manager, other clinical treatment practitioners/assistant practitioners and medical and pharmacy colleagues, community team managers, pharmaceutical services including the Clozaril Patient Monitoring Service, staff from The Acute hospital Trusts, medical and nursing staff within primary care to deliver service cohesion and effective interfacing.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Daisyfield Mill

Blackburn

BB1 3BL

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Daisyfield Mill

Blackburn

BB1 3BL

Employer's website

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

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