Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly specialised band 7 Mental Health Practitioner in the Community Frailty Team and Virtual wards within the Calderdale Area.
The Mental Health Practitioner will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, who will be available to support and advise staff on the prevention and proactive management of the needs of older people.
The key aims of the service are to:
Reduce urgent admissions and attendances to hospital.
Reduce unnecessary reactive demand on GPs.
To provide a seamless, high quality and integrated approach to caring for people in the community.
The post holder will be able to demonstrate highly specialised quality assessments and treatments for adult service users who experience a wide range of mental health difficulties and need support from mental health services.
We are seeking a practitioner who is highly experienced in assessments and treatments of people living with frailty.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be able to demonstrate highly specialised quality assessments and treatments for adult service users who experience a wide range of mental health difficulties and need support from mental health services.
We are seeking a practitioner who is highly experienced in assessments and treatments of people living with frailty.
The post holder will provide flexible and individualised care packages to meet the mental health requirements of patients with mental health needs and those requiring robust clinical risk assessment and treatment skills, along with an understanding of the occupational role and needs of individuals presenting to the service.
The post holder will be required to maintain clear lines of communication with a range of services within primary and secondary care, the Local Authority, and independent sectors.
About us
We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a high standard of specialist mental health assessment, planning, implement & evaluate planned treatment for individuals with common mental health problems using evidence-based practice. Intervention will reflect peoples psychological, physical, social, cultural, and spiritual needs, promoting good health as well as treating ill health.
Develop therapeutic relationships in which people using services are empowered and enabled to make informed choices about their health and healthcare.
Demonstrate clinical leadership through participation in; the management of referrals, provision of clinical supervision to the frailty service team and wider Community teams, facilitating case review discussions when required.
Prescribe medication as an independent nurse prescriber within their own sphere of competence and the bounds of their approved prescribing status in accordance with the Trust non-medical prescribing policy.
Work as an independent non-medical prescriber initiating / modifying treatment to support management of behavioural psychiatric symptoms of dementia, mood disorders, delirium etc. within areas as required and designated, taking responsibility for the clinical assessment of the patient, establishing a diagnosis, and delivering a plan for that patients care and treatment.
- Promote patient choice and understanding when delivering a diagnosis or prescribing medicines, including provision of high-quality information both written and verbal to support this.
- Negotiate with and motivate clients when working with care plans and treatment processes particularly to socially excluded vulnerable people.
- Act as care co-ordinator for service users as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a high standard of specialist mental health assessment, planning, implement & evaluate planned treatment for individuals with common mental health problems using evidence-based practice. Intervention will reflect peoples psychological, physical, social, cultural, and spiritual needs, promoting good health as well as treating ill health.
Develop therapeutic relationships in which people using services are empowered and enabled to make informed choices about their health and healthcare.
Demonstrate clinical leadership through participation in; the management of referrals, provision of clinical supervision to the frailty service team and wider Community teams, facilitating case review discussions when required.
Prescribe medication as an independent nurse prescriber within their own sphere of competence and the bounds of their approved prescribing status in accordance with the Trust non-medical prescribing policy.
Work as an independent non-medical prescriber initiating / modifying treatment to support management of behavioural psychiatric symptoms of dementia, mood disorders, delirium etc. within areas as required and designated, taking responsibility for the clinical assessment of the patient, establishing a diagnosis, and delivering a plan for that patients care and treatment.
- Promote patient choice and understanding when delivering a diagnosis or prescribing medicines, including provision of high-quality information both written and verbal to support this.
- Negotiate with and motivate clients when working with care plans and treatment processes particularly to socially excluded vulnerable people.
- Act as care co-ordinator for service users as required.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Registered with relevant professional body.
- Working towards or willing to undertake studies at Masters level qualification on relevant subject matter
- Degree level or equivalent professional qualification in mental health or willingness to undertake
- Postgraduate qualification of working with people with mental health needs
- Independent & Supplementary Prescribing or willingness to work towards
- Clinical Educator certificate/qualification
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Training in CBT approaches
- Experience of working with individuals with a broad range of complex needs
- Demonstrate an understanding of current NHS and Mental Health Services and the Mental Capacity Act.
- Expert clinical knowledge related long-term conditions and disease management
- Leadership skills and excellent decision-making capabilities
- Demonstrate an understanding of current NHS and Mental Health Services and the Mental Capacity Act
- Working knowledge of NSFs relating to mental health.
- Ability to develop systems and process's
Desirable
- Previous experience working in community settings.
- Experience of working with older people.
- Best interests Assessor Qualification
- Recent training in the Mental Capacity Act
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential
- Evidence of skills in assessment and management of patients with complex longterm conditions and poly-pharmacy
- Demonstrate evidence of training around treatment/support for patients with long term conditions
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Registered with relevant professional body.
- Working towards or willing to undertake studies at Masters level qualification on relevant subject matter
- Degree level or equivalent professional qualification in mental health or willingness to undertake
- Postgraduate qualification of working with people with mental health needs
- Independent & Supplementary Prescribing or willingness to work towards
- Clinical Educator certificate/qualification
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Training in CBT approaches
- Experience of working with individuals with a broad range of complex needs
- Demonstrate an understanding of current NHS and Mental Health Services and the Mental Capacity Act.
- Expert clinical knowledge related long-term conditions and disease management
- Leadership skills and excellent decision-making capabilities
- Demonstrate an understanding of current NHS and Mental Health Services and the Mental Capacity Act
- Working knowledge of NSFs relating to mental health.
- Ability to develop systems and process's
Desirable
- Previous experience working in community settings.
- Experience of working with older people.
- Best interests Assessor Qualification
- Recent training in the Mental Capacity Act
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential
- Evidence of skills in assessment and management of patients with complex longterm conditions and poly-pharmacy
- Demonstrate evidence of training around treatment/support for patients with long term conditions
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
