Mental Health Practitioner - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and driven Band 6 mental Health practitioner to work within the First Response Service for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

The First Response Service is a brand new service which will provide 24/7, 365 days a year access to all aspects of mental health care, advice, support and treatment.

This role will involve 3 specific areas of work including our first response telephone line, our section 136 assessment suite and our specialised assessment clinic.

Our assessment clinic provides the completion of holistic mental health assessments for service users who are experiencing all aspects of mental health difficulties.

This encompasses liaising with GP's, service users, family/carers and the MDT in order to collaboratively complete individualised treatment plans for our service users.

Short Listing planned for: 13th March 2023

Interviews planned for: 20th March 2023

To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the care programme approach and under the supervision of the line manager.
To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual and that unqualified staff are delivering care as identified in the care plan.
To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.
To undertake and supervise risk assessments and formulation of risk management plan for service users under your care, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team, family members carers and significant others.
To ensure Safeguarding Children and Adults requirements are followed and participate in meetings as appropriate.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.

We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

PROFESSIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To be responsible for maintaining relevant professional registration and PREP requirements.
To participate in life long learning to maintain and develop practice utilising CPD, self directed learning reflective practice coaching mentorship clinical supervision and performance management in the interests and needs of yourself and the service.
To provide an effective link between mental health services and primary care, acting in an advisory capacity to professionals in other fields.
To develop effective working relationships with other professional outside of the Trust in order to enhance the delivery of care to service users.
To participate as a supervisor and supervisee in the Divisional performance management / supervision framework. Work towards and help others work towards goals and objectives as agreed in personal development plans.
To take responsibility for maintaining and developing own knowledge and sills within own area of work.
To attend, as appropriate, courses and conferences, and to feedback and share knowledge, gained from attendance.
To be professionally accountable for own actions as a registered practitioner.
To act, at all times, in accordance with trust policies and procedures, ensuring that unqualified staff are adhering to policy and procedure.
To undertake mandatory training as identified by the Trust and Division to ensure that all actions are in line with training.
To keep up to date with developments in professional practice and make recommendations for change to senior staff, as appropriate.