Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner First Episode Psychosis

Job summary

We have an opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Practitioner to join our established First Episode Psychosis Service and developing At Risk Mental State service.

We are looking for a positive team player who has a special interest in working compassionately with individuals and their wider support networks.

The aim of the service is to provide recovery-focused treatment and support via personalised care plans for individuals who are presenting with a First Episode Psychosis disorder, supporting them from diagnosis to recovery, to enable them to lead the lives they wish to live.

You will work with a Multidisciplinary Team: a spectrum of clinical professionals which includes Nurses, Psychologists, Support Time Recovery workers etc.

Main duties of the job

• To work collaboratively with a service users, their carers and a rangeof system partners to ensure the delivery of high quality care.
• Provide and oversee the management and care of service users.
• Produce accurate and timely documentation, conduct and manage the maintenance of records on all service users in line with your professional Code of Conduct and Trust policy.
• Undertake comprehensive assessments: formulating personalised care plans which reflect the needs of the service user, their family and wider support networks.
• Conduct risk assessment of the individual and of the potential hazards in the service users environment.
• Attend the weekly Multidisciplinary team meeting.
• Report and document incidents as required.
• Act as a Care Co-ordinator.
• Provide education and support to develop service users understanding of mental illness and training packages for staff.
• Provide psycho-social interventions, education and support to develop service users and their carer's understanding of mental illness with the aim to prevent relapse and admission.
• Undertake carers assessments in line with the Trust's Key Performance Indicators.
• Undertake Mental Health Nursing Needs Assessments - contributing to Self-Directed Support assessments/packages.

About us

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.