Job summary
An excellent opportunity awaits to become part of our dedicated Outreach Team. As part of this committed and professional team, you will work within a supportive and compassionate environment, collaborating closely with women who access our services and their families to make a meaningful difference.
The Mother and Baby Unit Outreach Service provide assessment and intensive support/treatment of women who would otherwise be admitted to the MBU, and facilitates early discharge from the MBU in order to prevent relapse and readmission.
The Outreach Service works with mums who are experiencing a severe episode of mental illness. This includes mums who might benefit from an admission to our Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) - Jasmine Lodge, Exeter - and require additional support.
Our Outreach Practitioners are based across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset and this post will cover Devon and Somerset. They work collaboratively with other local health services to ensure mums and their families receive joined-up care, when and where they need it.
Main duties of the job
- Offer advice, support and signposting for professionals
- Undertake an initial assessment for the admission of vulnerable women
- Offer high quality, consistent and patient-centred care to a number of women and families on caseload
- Ensure there is parity of services across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset
- Ensure a cohesive, team working approach with the mother, baby and family at the centre of the service delivered
- Offer family support, assessments and interventions
- Support post-discharge in collaboration with local services
- Undertake the triage role managing incoming referrals and queries from a number of different professionals
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication and Working Relationship Skills
- Work closely with key
internal and external personnel and stakeholders
- Co-ordinate and
investigate complaints, ensuring that any clinical lessons learned are
identified and disseminated to the relevant teams
- Act as a point of
contact for agencies outside Devon Partnership Trust seeking information about
the team, or wanting to refer to it
- Present information, some of which may be
contentious, to staff groups, service user groups, carers groups and other
stakeholders using a range of techniques and media.
-
Demonstrates communications
which are professional, and act as role model for peers and wider staff group
Analytical and Judgement Skills
- Role
model clinical leadership
- Practice
in a way that actively minimises dependency and promotes recovery
- Communicate
information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable for users of
services
- Promote
a duty of care to users of services; encompassing safe and competent care
-
Take personal accountability for own practice;
answerable for actions and omissions, regardless of advice or directions from
another professional
- Remain professionally competent by participating
in own and others clinical supervision
- Demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills, not
only relating to the care of users of services, but also in depth knowledge of
the roles and functions of other professionals across services
Planning and Organisational Skills
- Assess, plan & deliver complex care packages to
admission vulnerable & discharged women from the Mother & Baby Unit,
ensuring high quality liaison with other professionals, families & carers
at every stage of care.
- Actively participate
in multi-agency forums to ensure the identification of need and the development
and delivery of integrated local services in line with local need
- Ensure that activity
is delivered in accordance with agreed quality standards and to service level
agreements and in line with relevant national guidance
- Work within the service Clinical Governance framework, which includes
with care pathways/clinical practice; provide expert professional advice with
regards to clinical care, incidents and complaints
- Contribute to the ongoing operation and development of the service..
-
Promote the service
locally and nationally as appropriate
Responsibility for Patient/Client Care
- Promote, develop and role model high standards of
clinical care.
- Develop and implement care plans, ensuring active
involvement of service users and their carers
- Ensure the availability of choice that meets the
needs of the local population.
-
Provide expert advice
pertaining to complex cases
- Have enhanced clinical
skills
- Work closely with
other teams with the Trust and the Voluntary, Statutory and independent sectors
to ensure effective discharge planning which incorporates implementation of key
success criteria for NICE guidance eg NICE 192 Antenatal Postnatal Mental Health,
CPA, Information Sharing etc
- Participate in
Safeguarding Adults and Children to Level 3 Enhanced as set out in Safeguarding
Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff
Responsibility for Service Development
- Identify and implement best practice in the
delivery of the MBU Outreach Service
- Undertake programmes of audit and research
within the team and implement the findings
- Promote the NHS programme; right person has the
right care, in the right place, at the right time, making the best use of
available resources
- Provide clinical
leadership to the Community Perinatal Teams as required
- Promote and be
involved in reflective recovery focused practice
- Provide specialist
Perinatal Mental Health training to staff within the Perinatal Service, DPT
& to external agencies
- At all times follow
Codes of Professional Conduct, ensuring
all staff within sphere of responsibility also adhere to codes of conduct
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication and Working Relationship Skills
- Work closely with key
internal and external personnel and stakeholders
- Co-ordinate and
investigate complaints, ensuring that any clinical lessons learned are
identified and disseminated to the relevant teams
- Act as a point of
contact for agencies outside Devon Partnership Trust seeking information about
the team, or wanting to refer to it
- Present information, some of which may be
contentious, to staff groups, service user groups, carers groups and other
stakeholders using a range of techniques and media.
-
Demonstrates communications
which are professional, and act as role model for peers and wider staff group
Analytical and Judgement Skills
- Role
model clinical leadership
- Practice
in a way that actively minimises dependency and promotes recovery
- Communicate
information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable for users of
services
- Promote
a duty of care to users of services; encompassing safe and competent care
-
Take personal accountability for own practice;
answerable for actions and omissions, regardless of advice or directions from
another professional
- Remain professionally competent by participating
in own and others clinical supervision
- Demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills, not
only relating to the care of users of services, but also in depth knowledge of
the roles and functions of other professionals across services
Planning and Organisational Skills
- Assess, plan & deliver complex care packages to
admission vulnerable & discharged women from the Mother & Baby Unit,
ensuring high quality liaison with other professionals, families & carers
at every stage of care.
- Actively participate
in multi-agency forums to ensure the identification of need and the development
and delivery of integrated local services in line with local need
- Ensure that activity
is delivered in accordance with agreed quality standards and to service level
agreements and in line with relevant national guidance
- Work within the service Clinical Governance framework, which includes
with care pathways/clinical practice; provide expert professional advice with
regards to clinical care, incidents and complaints
- Contribute to the ongoing operation and development of the service..
-
Promote the service
locally and nationally as appropriate
Responsibility for Patient/Client Care
- Promote, develop and role model high standards of
clinical care.
- Develop and implement care plans, ensuring active
involvement of service users and their carers
- Ensure the availability of choice that meets the
needs of the local population.
-
Provide expert advice
pertaining to complex cases
- Have enhanced clinical
skills
- Work closely with
other teams with the Trust and the Voluntary, Statutory and independent sectors
to ensure effective discharge planning which incorporates implementation of key
success criteria for NICE guidance eg NICE 192 Antenatal Postnatal Mental Health,
CPA, Information Sharing etc
- Participate in
Safeguarding Adults and Children to Level 3 Enhanced as set out in Safeguarding
Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff
Responsibility for Service Development
- Identify and implement best practice in the
delivery of the MBU Outreach Service
- Undertake programmes of audit and research
within the team and implement the findings
- Promote the NHS programme; right person has the
right care, in the right place, at the right time, making the best use of
available resources
- Provide clinical
leadership to the Community Perinatal Teams as required
- Promote and be
involved in reflective recovery focused practice
- Provide specialist
Perinatal Mental Health training to staff within the Perinatal Service, DPT
& to external agencies
- At all times follow
Codes of Professional Conduct, ensuring
all staff within sphere of responsibility also adhere to codes of conduct
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with admission vulnerable cohorts of people
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment
- Extensive experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems.
- Substantial experience of working at a senior clinical level.
- Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
Desirable
- Providing clinical supervision and managing staff.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of working in acute mental health settings
- An excellent understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements, CPA Process.
- Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes
Desirable
- Understanding of recovery principles in Mental Health
- Specialist knowledge and experience in working in perinatal mental health.
Qualifications
Essential
- A professional mental health nursing qualification e.g. RMN, Nursing Degree, Qualified Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with extensive mental health experience.
- Post graduate qualification relevant to specialism or commitment to work towards.
- Training to Level 3 Enhanced in Safeguarding Adults, Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff, or commitment to work towards.
Desirable
Analytical & Judgemental Skills
Essential
- Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions.
- Ability to manage risk.
Planning & Organisation Skills
Essential
- Supervisory skills.
- Negotiation skills.
- Ability to manage own time and that of the teams.
- Ability to work flexibly.
Communication & Working Relationships Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with large groups who may be antagonistic.
- Able to produce well written reports.
- Ability to chair and participate in meetings which encompass complex organisational structures
Physical Skills
Essential
- Ability to be mobile across a geographical area.
- Computer literacy
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with admission vulnerable cohorts of people
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment
- Extensive experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems.
- Substantial experience of working at a senior clinical level.
- Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
Desirable
- Providing clinical supervision and managing staff.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of working in acute mental health settings
- An excellent understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements, CPA Process.
- Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes
Desirable
- Understanding of recovery principles in Mental Health
- Specialist knowledge and experience in working in perinatal mental health.
Qualifications
Essential
- A professional mental health nursing qualification e.g. RMN, Nursing Degree, Qualified Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with extensive mental health experience.
- Post graduate qualification relevant to specialism or commitment to work towards.
- Training to Level 3 Enhanced in Safeguarding Adults, Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff, or commitment to work towards.
Desirable
Analytical & Judgemental Skills
Essential
- Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions.
- Ability to manage risk.
Planning & Organisation Skills
Essential
- Supervisory skills.
- Negotiation skills.
- Ability to manage own time and that of the teams.
- Ability to work flexibly.
Communication & Working Relationships Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with large groups who may be antagonistic.
- Able to produce well written reports.
- Ability to chair and participate in meetings which encompass complex organisational structures
Physical Skills
Essential
- Ability to be mobile across a geographical area.
- Computer literacy
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).
