Job responsibilities
KEY RESULT AREAS:
To work collaboratively with MDT members to
contribute to a flexible and effective interdisciplinary team approach to
clinical care.
Communicate face to face with clients on a
daily basis, some of which display challenging behaviour.
To effectively establish a therapeutic
relationship with service users and their relatives/carers.
To assess capacity and obtain informed
consent from service users and work within a legal framework with those
clients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
In conjunction with colleagues to
undertake, record, review and work within individual risk assessment and
management plans in line with service and Trust policy.
To provide mental health assessment of
clients with acute mental health needs, clearly assessing and managing
risks.
To lead joint reviews for patients with
complex needs to plan transfer of care.
To review patients for transfer to onwards
mental health support as per MDT plans.
To ensure service users are involved in the
planning and prioritisation of their care plans wherever possible.
To adapt practice to meet individual
service users circumstances, including regard for cultural and linguistic
differences.
To work collaboratively with service users,
staff, and relatives to identify goals and determine and deliver an
appropriate intervention plan which aims to maximise engagement and
performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.
To monitor, evaluate and modify
interventions in order to meet needs and to measure progress and increase
efficacy for service user outcomes.
To demonstrate and apply understanding of
impairments to mental well being and their impact on function, including
strategies to manage impairments and potential risks.
In conjunction with others to identify
clients needs for additional care provision / housing/specialist
placement/further assessment /referral on to other agencies.
To act as a source of clinical reference
for other colleagues regarding the service users, providing advice to enable
and improve service/care provision.
To attend and actively participate in
relevant clinical meetings/forums.
RESPONSIBILITY:
You will be working across two
functions-Rapid Response and Home Treatment Team providing assessments and
interventions until the crisis is resolved.
To screen and work with all newly referred
service users experiencing acute mental health crisis providing assessment or
short-term interventions until crisis is resolved.
To provide short-term specific psychosocial
interventions for those who would benefit from crisis interventions
To ensure documentation is reviewed and
updated in line with quality improvement standards
To shift co-ordinate lead the shift,
allocate work to the wider MDT and prioritise workloads.
To contribute to the planning and
implementation of induction, training and education of students and staff.
To contribute to the delivery of
specialist/ professional training packages of in-service training and staff
development when necessary.
To fulfil the role of mentor/practice
educator, maintaining own update training and ensuring responsibility for
regular placement provision and ensuring supervision and written assessment
of students whilst on placement.
To assist the band 7 senior practitioner by
identifying personal and professional training needs in order to
appropriately plan for future training and development.
To provide effective supervision, support,
and guidance for support /STR/ peer workers and any work delegated to them.
Responsible for the delivery of individual
care plans for a caseload
Expected to implement policies as directed
by the trust/directorate for the department, ensuring awareness throughout
the department.
Participate in leading service
developments.
Knowledge and expertise in the application
of relevant professional theoretical models, and approaches relevant to
client group.
Communicate complex, sensitive and
emotional information using a variety of mediums; being able to adapt
methods/style/approach as appropriate.
Awareness of clinical governance and its
relationship to clinical effectiveness and patient safety and patient
experience.
To have effective organisational /planning
and decision-making skills to manage workload and shift co-ordinate
Good knowledge of IT skills
ENVIRONMENT:
Based in the CRHT team Shared office space.
Full drivers license with business
insurance to allow ability to move between locations in a timely manner.
Conduct home visits with all patients
unless risks determine to meet at a community site
May be redeployed to work within acute
inpatient wards which may require individual to Restrain patients using
approved techniques as part of trust contingency planning.
Counsels clients with mental health needs
on a daily basis.
To be able to work a 24hr shift pattern
including day shifts, nights shifts and weekend shifts
JOB SUMMARY:
Most
challenging parts of the job:
Demonstrates ability to work as a team
member as well as alone making autonomous decisions in a fast-paced
environment.
Supporting Band 7 to manage a case load of
service users who have complex acute/crisis needs
Balancing all aspects of the job role.
Being flexible and responsive to competing
demands
COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:
To apply a comprehensive range of
communication skills with service users, relatives, team members, and other
internal and external stakeholders, adapting communication as necessary.
To effectively liaise with clients, family,
carers, advocates and health and social care professionals regarding clients
assessment, treatment and care to ensure continuity of care and delivery of a
coordinated service as a member of the MDT and implement core decisions with
regard to urgent clinical issues.
To ensure all communication adheres to
Trust policy and Caldicott / data protection principles.
To provide accurate, timely reports and
discharge summaries.
To deal with e-mail correspondence in a
timely manner.
To explain the professional role in CRHT to
visitors, students, volunteers etc.
To monitor the record keeping of junior /
non-qualified staff and students where appropriate.
To link with special interest groups both
internal and external to the Trust to share good practice
To act as a representative of the service
as required.