Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Early Intervention

Lancashire & South Cumbria Nhs Foundation Trust; Healey; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Early Intervention Specialist to join a well-established multidisciplinary team in Chorley, UK. You will coordinate and deliver high-quality care to service users with complex needs, including psycho-social and family interventions.

Applicants should hold a First Level Professional Qualification (RMN/SW/OT) and demonstrate extensive knowledge of psychosis care and related assessments. UK registration is required.

Qualifications

• First Level Professional Qualification (RMN/SW/OT).
• Evidence of accredited learning at Degree level 6 or above that is relative to practice.
• In-depth knowledge of mental health conditions, specifically psychosis and their recommended treatments.
• Specialist knowledge within their professional area of patient/ client care.
• Thorough knowledge of acute and community mental health care for the psychosis pathway.
• Knowledge of policy drivers for EIS.
• Experience of assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs. Experience of working with carers, families of service users.
• Experience of using and understanding structured psychometric assessments and interpretation of these.

Responsibilities

• You will be an Early Intervention Specialist working within a multidisciplinary team, coordinating and delivering high quality effective care to service users, with highly complex needs, often associated with high risk behaviours and their family/carers, As an autonomous clinician you will be expected to deliver specialist interventions within the core competencies of the role, such as Psycho-social and Family intervention.
• You will actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and your professional bodies Code of Conduct.
• You will provide leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care for service users.

Skills

Psycho-social interventions

Family interventions

Leadership

Education

First Level Professional Qualification (RMN/SW/OT)

Degree level 6 or above

Tools

Job description

The Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Early Intervention Specialist to join a well-established multidisciplinary team in Chorley, UK. You will coordinate and deliver high-quality care to service users with complex needs, including psycho-social and family interventions.

Applicants should hold a First Level Professional Qualification (RMN/SW/OT) and demonstrate extensive knowledge of psychosis care and related assessments. UK registration is required.