Front-Door Mental Health Triage Clinician (Nurse/SW)

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Biggleswade; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust in Biggleswade is recruiting a community mental health nurse or social worker to join our triage team as a triage practitioner. You will manage a defined caseload within an integrated multi-disciplinary team, using Dialog+ and evidence-based practices to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care at the front door.

We value independent practice, professional development and collaborative working with service users and partner agencies; informal chats and visits

Qualifications

• Undertake specialist and comprehensive assessment of needs at the 'front door' to the service.
• Coordinate care for a defined caseload using Dialog+.
• Work within professional guidelines and promote best practice in the clinical area.
• Ensure high standards and accurate verbal/written communication about patient care with all team members.

Responsibilities

• Undertake specialist and comprehensive assessment of needs at the 'front door' to the service
• Use tools such as Dialog+ to co-ordinate care for a defined caseload
• Practice within professional guidelines and promote professional practice in the clinical area
• Ensure high standards and accurate verbal/written communication about patient care with all team members
• Put service users at the center of everything achieved and deliver evidence-based practice across the MDT

Skills

Risk assessment

Care planning

Communication

Clinical documentation

Tools

Dialog+

Job description

East London NHS Foundation Trust in Biggleswade is recruiting a community mental health nurse or social worker to join our triage team as a triage practitioner. You will manage a defined caseload within an integrated multi-disciplinary team, using Dialog+ and evidence-based practices to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care at the front door.

We value independent practice, professional development and collaborative working with service users and partner agencies; informal chats and visits