Risk Triage Assessor

South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust seeks an enthusiastic clinician to join the Wandsworth Single Point of Access team. You will autonomously assess adults' mental health care needs, delivering safe, timely care and signposting as appropriate.

You will collaborate with the Consultant Psychiatrist Team and other clinicians to maintain governance standards, support daily team functioning, and ensure high-quality assessments, discharges and signposting for service users.

Qualifications

• Autonomy in assessing mental health care needs.
• Ability to deliver a caring and safe service in a timely and organized way.
• Experience in senior nursing roles with decision-making responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Assess and work with mental health service users and signpost them to other services and discharge to primary care where necessary.
• Transfer service users needing longer-term secondary care to the relevant teams in the Trust.
• Utilise community resources and work closely with Primary Care.
• Ensure user and carer involvement in all aspects of service delivery.
• Promote a high standard of patient care through leadership and example.
• Autonomy in daily decisions essential; role not suitable for newly qualified nurses.

Skills

Autonomy

Clinical assessment

Team leadership

Care coordination

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and proactive clinician to join our busy team who is able to demonstrate a high degree of autonomy in assessing patient's mental health care needs, and who can deliver a caring and safe service in a timely and organized way This is an important role for team functioning and ensuring high quality assessments, discharges and signposting for our service users.

Wandsworth Single Point of Access Team (WSPA) provides a borough-based assessment only service for adults aged 18-74, whereby all referrals are channelled through our team, and directed to receive appropriate care either within the Trust or in Primary care. We work closely with the community recovery and support teams, early intervention, crisis resolution & home treatment teams and the AMHP service. We work in close partnership with GP commissioners and other key partners, including voluntary organisations.

This is a friendly and supportive team. You would work alongside the Consultant Psychiatrist Team manager and other clinicians to ensure governance standards are maintained, and support in daily team functioning, thus ensuring that our key performance indicators and quality improvement are met.

Main duties of the job

To assess and work with mental health service users and signpost them to other services and discharge to primary care where necessary. Any service users needing longer term secondary care and care coordination will be transferred to the relevant teams in the Trust.

The post holder is expected to utilise community resources, working closely with Primary Care.

The post holder will ensure user and carer involvement in all aspects of service delivery.

The post holder will be expected to promote, by example and leadership, a high standard of patient care.

This is a senior nursing role with immense experience in duty and mental health assessments - it is not suitable for newly qualified nurses or those without adequate experience. The ability to work and make decisions autonomously will be essential.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.