Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Exeter, United Kingdom - Devon Partnership NHS Trust

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The key responsibilities of this role are as follows: Arrive at a formulation which will identify the correct care pathway and ensure this is implemented. Improve the quality of mental health care for people Improve quality of life for individuals and carers Identify and manage risk Prevent hospital admissions Reduce the number of incidents and complaints Measure improvements of health outcomes Determine service needs Provide evidence based clinical interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions Provide assessment, planning and implementation of brief individual packages of care and treatment. Promote a recovery model that empowers people, carers and relatives to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their packages of care and treatment.

Undertake clinical risk assessments, based on latest empirical evidence Champion peoples rights, including:
dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect.


When undertaking all of the above ensure good documentation is provided and entered within the appropriate systems of record sharing.

A key aim of the service is to contribute to the acute care pathway, ensuring that persons receive a timely specialist mental health assessment by a professional mental health worker.

A significant proportion of these

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