Community Mental Health Duty Worker

Sussex Partnership Nhs Foundation Trust; Worthing; Sur place; GBP 35 000 - 52 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Golden Hello / Relocation Incentive

Résumé du poste

Worthing Neighbourhood Mental Health Team is seeking an experienced Mental Health Practitioner (Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker) to join as a full-time Duty Worker. You will work in a supportive multi-disciplinary team, with standard hours Monday to Friday 9am–5pm, and must be able to travel across the locality with access to a vehicle for business use.

This role offers the NHS Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, subject to terms

Qualifications

• Registered health professional with current registration in relevant field.
• Mentorship or equivalent professional training completed.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsabilités

• Maintain patient safety in collaboration with patients, carers and the clinical team.
• Recognise signs of harm and take steps to protect patients.
• Provide clinical advice on complex issues to the clinical team and other disciplines.
• Undertake priority assessments and coordinate in crisis situations.
• Support the team for Intensive Home-Based Treatment when required.
• Liaise with services such as Police and A&E as required.
• Contribute to setting quality standards and a consistent approach to care.
• Support delivery of interventions per plan of care and report on patient conditions.
• Maintain professional standards of care at all times.

Connaissances

Mental Health Nurse

Occupational Therapist

Social Worker

Formation

Mentorship Course/ENB/professional equivalent

Description du poste

Job summary

Worthing Neighbourhood Mental Health Team Duty Worker
The Worthing Neighbourhood Mental Health Team are looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner (Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist & Social Worker) who has a keen interest in working in a supportive multi-disciplinary setting with patients experiencing mental health difficulties. Historically the role of the duty worker was shared between care-coordinators on a rota basis but after a successful trial we are establishing this new role within the team as a sole, full-time, duty worker.
The usual hours of work are Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm.
Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes.
You will be joining a warm, friendly, highly supportive team of dedicated colleagues who work together to offer the best possible service to the people we see.
This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).

Main duties of the job

• To maintain patient safety, in collaboration with patients, carers and other team members
• Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of patient harm, abuse or neglect and taking all reasonable steps to protect the patient.
• Provides clinical advice on complex issues to other members of the clinical team and staff from other disciplines.
• Undertakes priority assessments.
• Responsible for decision making and coordination in a crisis situation.
• Take responsibility for the management of complex people who present to the team when their Care Coordinator / Lead Professional is absent from work and the person requires an urgent response.
• Working to support the team where Intensive Home-Based Treatment is required.
• To liaise with other services eg: Police; A & E as required.
• Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards and offering a consistent approach to people open within the team.
• Support the team to deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care.
• Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.
• Support members of the team with other specialist assessments, as required for example, application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; Knowledge of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, s42 Care Act regarding Safeguarding Adults and Making Safeguarding Personal.
• To maintain professional standards of care at all time

About us

The NHS is changing and with more emphasis on community-based care there's never been a better time to join us. Community mental health services have undergone a real transformation and you could be part of these exciting developments. Our community mental health teams are now part of a much more integrated network of services and our mental health clinicians are central in driving the changes, in close partnership with our primary and third sector colleagues.
We recognise that working in mental health can be stressful so we prioritise staff welfare, providing regular supervision, reflective practice, mentoring, and any other support that our clinicians need to ensure their wellbeing.
If you are a band 5 or newly qualified nurse with previous mental health experience who has a desire to develop into a community mental health nurse role, please contact us as we would be delighted to talk about any development opportunities.

Job responsibilities

Excellent communication skills are needed in the role in regard to communicating with all stakeholders including service users, carers, third sector providers, internal and external agencies and services.
Ideally, we would prefer someone who has experience of supporting service users with mental health problems (and we positively encourage applicants with lived experience). An inclusive and positive attitude is essential. If your current role includes duty work, that will be an advantage in your application. We always provide a robust induction and the wellbeing of our team is always thought about. Supervision, appraisal and training are all highly valued and prioritized.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse / health professional with current registration appropriate to the job role
• Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB / professional equivalent
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

• Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group (mental health or neurodevelopmental)
• Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
• Experience of working consultatively with professionals
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
• Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
• Experience of working within the CPA process
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Previous experience of working in the community

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).