Nursing Mental Health Practitioner - Salford, United Kingdom - Northern Care Alliance NHS Group

Northern Care Alliance NHS Group

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Salford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge.

Together, we've a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore.

If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
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come and take your place with us.

Job overview:

Salford is currently undergoing service transformation to redesign our Home First discharge processes and pathways. Our vision for Home First is 'People are in the right place, at the right time - meaning nobody spends more nights away from home than is absolutely necessary'

We are establishing a Home First Multidisciplinary Community Hub to support people admitted to hospital to be discharged 'Home First' and we are looking for a Band 7 Mental Health Practitioner to join the team.

Main duties of the job:

You will work as part of the Salford Home First Multi-Disciplinary Hub. You will provide specialist mental health advice to the Hub team and to hospital /Intermediate care unit staff for people who are medically fit for discharge requiring a support plan after discharge.
You will provide advice, supervision and consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues, on the support for the management of mental health issues.
Undertake specialist mental health assessments, develop formulations, offering highly developed risk assessments and management plans.
Provide colleagues with assistance in navigating Mental Health, Psychological Therapy services and 3rd sector as onward pathways.
Be expected to provide support and training to the acute hospital staff and the Home First Hub regarding recognising mental illness and appropriate onward actions to be taken.
Liaise with mental health services across Salford to support post discharge planning and implementation.
Attend and contribute to Best Interests meetings

Working for our organisation:

Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place with an outstanding reputation.

Salford is the place which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults.

Twice rated Outstanding by the CQC, Salford Care Organisation is responsible for delivering a range of community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Person specification:

Registration:

Essential criteria:

RMN, BSc Occupational Therapy or equivalent
Professional Degree D32/33 or ENB998

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Essential criteria:

Trained Clinical Supervisor
Qualifications related to physical health related problems
To be a nonmedical prescriber (NMP) or be willing to undertake this training
Significant post registration NHS experience including experience of working in all core clinical areas
Evidence of wide clinical theoretical knowledge base
Well developed communication skills
Ability to work as part of a team
Experience of working as part of an integrated MDT
Flexibility
Good organisational and time management skills
Car Driver
Experience of working in the community and/or rehabilitation
Basic IT skills including: Log in and Log out, Operating a mouse and keyboard and Navigating a Windows based environment
To demonstrate an awareness and understanding of supporting equality and valuing diversity within their role

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