Risk Triage and Assessment Practitioner - London, United Kingdom - South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Wandsworth Single Point of Access Team(WSPA) provides a borough-based assessment only service for adults aged 18-74, whereby all referrals are channelled through our team, and directed to receive appropriate care either within the Trust or in Primary care.

We work closely with the community recovery and support teams, early intervention, crisis resolution & home treatment teams and the AMHP service.

We work in close partnership with GP commissioners and other key partners, including voluntary organisations.

We are looking for a motivated and proactive individual to join our busy team who is able to demonstrate a high degree of autonomy in assessing patient's mental health care needs, and who can deliver a caring and safe service in a timely and organized way.

This is a friendly and supportive team.

About the location:

Our Trust headquarters is located within the impressive grounds of Springfield University Hospital in Tooting and we also operate in nearly 100 other locations throughout the UK.

This is easily accessible via the Northern Line (Tooting Bec Station) and via private transport. The Trust provides subsidised parking fares for all our substantive staff.

Our main site is located immediately next to Tooting High Street where staff can easily access a range of shops, cafés, restaurants etc.

We offer a number of excellent staff benefits and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
Work life balance,we support a range of flexible options, such as: parttime working, job sharing, termtime working, compressed hours and working from home.
Career development,There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
Subsidised car parking
You can park at any of our sites at a reduced rate of £20/month.
NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of wellknown retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

Eye examinations
Looking after your health
Cycle to work scheme
Car lease scheme
Season ticket loan
Childcare vouchers
Staff restaurants
Free gym membership
To assess/ triage/ act as first entry point for adults into mental health secondary care
To assess and work with mental health service users, and signpost them to other services and discharge to primary care where necessary. Any service users needing longer term secondary

care and care coordination will be transferred to the relevant teams in the Trust.

The post holder is expected to utilise community resources, working closely with Primary Care.
The post holder will ensure user and carer involvement in all aspects of service delivery.
The post holder will be expected to promote, by example and leadership, a high standard of patient care
To regularly supervise nursing students on practice placement.
The post holder will communicate and collaborate effectively with all agencies and agents involved in supporting adults with severe mental health problems