Community 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

Southwark Community Services are undergoing a radical transformation programme, an exciting opportunity has arisen to take on the role of community practitioner in the North Southwark Primary Care Mental Health Team.

We have a full time / 12 months fixed term contract covering maternity leave at band 6 post.

The transformation will improve access to our services and will build much closer relationships between secondary and primary care within the local neighbourhoods.

The Mental Health Practitioner will be responsible for carrying a complex caseload formulating treatment, crisis and care plans with the support of the MDT, supporting and engaging in a sensitive manner, communicating with clients and their carers to discuss treatment options and engaging patients to relevant support services, and onward treatment pathways

This is a varied and challenging role and requires an experienced mental health professional (nurse, OT or social worker) with knowledge of working with service users with severe and enduring mental health problems.

You will lead a diverse multidisciplinary mental health team integrating staff from health, social care and the voluntary sector.

The team offers a wide range of focussed interventions to service users with a range of diagnoses, and to their carers.

You will provide effective managerial and clinical leadership in the team.

You will coordinate and lead on internal and external interfaces and ensure that a continuous flow of service-users is maintained.

You will be supported through regular supervision and access to training. We are committed to helping to develop the people who come to work with us.

We know that the Trust can only be as good as the people who work here, and we'll invest in you to maximise that potential.

That's why we welcome and value people so highly.

We are currently based at The Chaucer Resource Centre SE16 2TH.

Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2) and is within walking distance from the beautiful green spaces of Ruskin park and the vibrant high-street that offers great shopping opportunities and with a wide range restaurants.

Clinical Skills

Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting

junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing
care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and
spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and
activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.

Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care

are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support:

Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient centered care; getting

feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).

Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients

and their relatives / carers.

Liaising and working positively with members of the multi

- disciplinary team

and partner organisations.

Administering, and monitoring the sideeffects of, medication; monitoring

service user compliance.

Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all

incidents following trust policy.

Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and risk

management that involves making decisions based on knowledge of the
research evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their social
context, knowledge of the service user's own experience and clinical judgment.

Supporting and supervising junior staff to develop the management of care

needs through:

Initial data collection
Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress
Feedback and discussion
Producing reports and incare reviews
Devising a plan of care and interventions in partnership with service user, carer

and MDT

Coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in providing hands-on care to

service users and evaluating processes of care delivered

This will include:

Undertaking 11 engagement with service users in an honest, open and nonjudgmental way.
Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the

importance of maintaining the service user's respect and dignity at all times
and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity.

Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient

care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and
family/carers.

Ensuring the monitoring and recording service user clinical observations are

undertaken, such as physical observations and vital signs and treating or
escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that does
not fulfill the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment.
Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support.