Home Treatment Practitioner - Band 6 | Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust

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

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Doncaster seeks a Community Mental Health Nurse to collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team. The role involves managing patient care plans, promoting medication compliance, and maintaining partnerships with various stakeholders. Candidates should have a good understanding of mental health laws and standards. This position requires 37.5 hours of work per week.

Qualifications

• Understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983 and relevant standards.
• Experience working within a Multi-Disciplinary Team.
• Ability to develop and maintain partnerships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care in accordance with agreed care plans.
• Set standards of care and implement quality initiatives.
• Promote medication compliance and manage patient resources.

Job description

Overview

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 recourses.
• To understand the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Care Act 2014, Care Programme Approach, 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.