Home Treatment Practitioner - Band 6

Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based healthcare provider seeks a professional to join their Multi-Disciplinary Team. The role involves developing care plans for patients and collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance quality of care, ensuring compliance with mental health standards. Ideal candidates will have experience in community health settings and an understanding of relevant legal frameworks.

Qualifications

• Experience working as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team.
• Understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983 and related standards.
• Ability to develop care plans for patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide care plans for patients as Lead Professional.
• Promote compliance with prescribed treatments.
• Collaborate with stakeholders in the community.

Job description

37.5 hours per week – 08:00 to 21:30 hours 365 days a year

Responsibilities

• To work as a member of a Multi-Disciplinary Team reporting back to colleagues, both verbally and in writing, and seeking advice, guidance and support where necessary.
• To provide each patient for whom they are a Lead Professional with an agreed care plan, containing review dates, in accordance with Community Mental Health Nurse and Care Programme Approach standards.
• To actively seek to contribute to setting standards of care, to generate and implement quality initiatives.
• To promote compliance with medication and other treatments prescribed, noting and reporting non-compliance and side effects as appropriate.
• To develop and maintain healthy partnerships with all stakeholders including statutory, third sector and voluntary agencies.
• To advise patients, carers and significant others of the available resources. Referring assessed need to those agencies best able to meet these in the community and facilitate use of these resources.
• To understand the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Care Act 2014, Care Programme Approach, and Deprivation of Liberty safeguards as it applies to a psychiatric liaison service.
• To carry out the duties of a Lead Professional as appropriate following the principles of CPA.

About the employer

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employs around 4000 colleagues who are appreciated, valued and respected. We have a wide portfolio including mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

About We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work to attract and select colleagues who share our commitment to providing first class care. Our strategy can be viewed at the link below: https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the benefits we offer visit: https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures. View our allyship information at https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here: https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

For further details or informal visits contact: Name: Sue Smith, Job title: Home Treatment Manager, Email: [e-mail], Telephone: [phone]