Htt Practitioner - London, United Kingdom - South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Southwark Home Treatment Teams provides 24hr, 7 day a week, crisis assessment and intensive home treatment to patients with the aim of preventing in
- patient admission where possible or if admission is required facilitating earlier discharge.

Home Treatment Practitioners are expected to work either the early or late shift which operates between the hours of 8am to 10pm, across 7 days a week, 365days a year.

There is also an option of working long days.

The Southwark Home Treatment team provides assessment and intensive treatment to clients in their own home as an alternative to a psychiatric admission.

The post holder will assess the needs of service users, plan and evaluate care using a collaborative approach with service users and their carers.

They will work alongside other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective care delivery, including the use of evidenced based interventions, risk assessment and management and safe discharge processes.

The post holder will liaise effectively with other professionals and services to ensure good communication is maintained and care is transferred seamlessly.

The post holder will ensure the physical health care needs of service users are appropriately addressed and monitored.

A Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse or Occupational Therapist with an established clinical background who has successfully completed a period of academic education and clinical supervision to be competent against the relevant competency requirements for a Home Treatment Team Practitioner.

The post holder may be required to work across different Trust sites according to the needs of the Home Treatment Service Line.

The post holder will work as a mental health or learning disability nurse, who acting within their own professional boundaries will provide care for presenting service users from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust(SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol.

We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.

There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness.

Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations:
care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services.

Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

To contribute to the ongoing assessment process, including risk, of service users in line with policy standards
To assess capacity and provide safe treatment and care to those who may lack capacity.
Report on the patient's changing condition and response to therapeutic interventions and contribute to care plan changes as appropriate.
To operate within the legal requirements of the Mental Health Act and all relevant policy and legislation.
Escalate the needs of service users presenting with complex long term conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma,)
Promote and deliver evidence based care for service users with mental health conditions in their own homes.
To carry out physical observations in accordance with Trust and local policy, liaising with medical and senior nursing staff as appropriate.
To administer medication with knowledge of its purpose, contraindications and side effects, relating that information to service users in a way they will understand.
Support service users to adopt recovery strategies that promote their wellbeing, healthy lifestyle, independence and selfcare.
Actively promote health education that may include providing alternative materials to support service users and carers in making decisions regarding their care and treatment
To provide relevant support to carers and families in relation to their rights as carers and their involvement in the care of the service user when they are under the care of the team.
To adhere to lone working practices
Effectively coordinate a shift.

Communication

Communicates the patient's health status using appropriate terminology, format, and technology
Use good communication skills to provide accurate information to service users and their families and carers in a sensitive and professional manner which respects equality and diversity.
Use and demonstrate sensitive communication strategies to ensure that service users are fully informed and consent to