Senior Mental Health Practitioner | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a Qualified Mental Health Professional looking for an exciting opportunity to work in a team that will help you to develop and achieve your goals? Oldham Urgent and Emergency care by appointment is recruiting for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner.
UECA (urgent and emergency care by appointment) offers urgent appointments (within 72hrs) to service users who require a prompt response, following attendance at A&E, contact with the Joint Response Vehicle, contact with the Pennine Care 24hr Help-Line their GP and NWAS.
The purpose of the UECA service is to ensure people receive the right care and treatment in the right place, at the right time. The service aims to alleviate pressure on A&E departments by diverting those service users whose clinical presentation does not require an immediate assessment within the A&E system, but there is an identified clinical need
for an urgent assessment.
The post holder will ensure all service users have access to a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment to meet their individual needs, including making any necessary onward referrals.
You will provide a high standard of clinical assessment ensuring that there is a collaborative agreed plan made with every patient assessed and that this is articulated to the patient’s GP and any other relevant service/team.
The service operates 8am-8pm, 7 days a week and posts will be on rotational shift basis.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.- Screening and triage of all referrals into the UECA service and offering rapid assessments based on clinical need and risk
- Undertake robust mental health assessments for people referred utilising your highly developed clinical skills, assessing mental health using a biopsychosocial model and completing risk assessments collaboratively to ensure a safe discharge with onward referrals and appropriate packages of care.
This advert closes on Thursday 10 Oct 2024