[ref. p33558022] Senior Mental Health Practitioner - NHS
Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities. Screen referrals to the service and prioritise referrals effectively and safely Provide holistic psychosocial assessment, and subsequent planning and implementation of individual packages of care and treatment.
Undertake clinical risk assessments, based on latest empirical evidence and compliant with local policies and procedures. Undertake risk management; practising safely and according to individual service user needs. Provide evidence based clinical interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
Responsibility for the development, planning and implementation of brief care and treatment interventions for individual patients. Ensure that individual episodes of care are delivered in a timely, effective and integrated manner. Promote a recovery model that empowers patients, carers and relatives to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their packages of care and treatment.
Act as the patients and relatives advocate. Enable patients and carers to manage disability, loss and change. To provide support, information and education to family members, carers and other professionals To liaise effectively with referrers and professionals within CPFT, promoting good working relationships and continuity of clinical care To supervise junior staff as required To act as a role model and clinically expert practitioner within the service Participate as an active member of the multi-disciplinary team, accountable for your practice, and work in partnership with other health care professionals, service users and others in the delivery of care.
Champion patients rights, including: dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect. Be conversant and proactive with Government legislation pertaining to the Mental Health Act, CPA, National Service Framework, NHS Plan and Clinical Governance.Represent the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team at meetings. When undertaking all of the above ensure good documentation is provided and entered within the appropriate systems of record sharing. Participate in the teams support and training of students The post will include flexible working patterns over a 37.5 working hours per week to incorporate cover for 24 hours, 7-day service, including on call if required to meet the needs of the service users & carers.