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Location

Lewisham, Greater London | United Kingdom

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Job description

An fantastic opportunity has arisen to work in the Primary Care Mental Health Team (PCMHT), Neighbourhood 1. We are looking for a mental health practitioner, with a background in nursing, social work or occupational therapy to join our team.

The primary care team offers short term focussed support, using a holistic model of care , including triage and assessments, signposting, psychosocial interventions, joint work with other services and identifying patient pathways. This is a brilliant opportunity to develop skills in assessment and working with colleagues across healthcare including GP's, primary care nurses and families and carers.

The team offer a stepped care approach and our practise is informed by NICE and SLAM guidance. There will be opportunities for joint work in the team, including with third sector organisations such as MIND and an opportunity to be a champion in your chosen area of interest.

You will be working as part of a Primary Care Mental Health Team to deliver timely assessments, care planning and evidenced based health and psychosocial care interventions to the adult population in Lewisham with mental health needs. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to interface directly with partner agencies including Primary Care, Secondary Care and MIND to ensure effective service delivery and discharge planning.

The team works with our Care Process Model to ensure our patients and carers receive standardised care.
• To provide support with overall management of referrals, providing timely screening, triage and trusted assessments for patients with a wide range of mental disorder.
• To be personally responsible and professionally accountable for a delivering a range of evidenced based psycho-social interventions for a specific case list.
• To work in collaboration with our partner agencies and the MDT to provide a range of interventions to support service users to stay well within their local communities including psychological, social prescribing and medication advice and management
• To work with patients and carers using evidenced based tool to inform care planning to support engagement with treatment and appropriate services.
• To support family and carers with the management of risk and to escalate all risk concerns as required ensuring that there is clear communication of risk to all involved with care.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues within the PCMHT using shared decision making to ensure safe and effective discharge planning or onward referral. This may include discharge to Primary Care, onward referral to secondary care, signposting to social prescribers, third sector partners, voluntary services or community based groups. To ensure that all planning is shared with those involved with the care in a timely manner.

The Primary Care Mental Health Teams are an integrated service providing support in primary care for people experiencing complex mental health problems. The service consists of a multidisciplinary team of mental health practitioners including psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, employment specialists, occupational therapists and psychologists who work in a recovery focused way, using a strengths-based approach based on individual needs rather than diagnosis.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
• Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance,flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development,we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease,our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation,our staff benefits fromkeyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Risk Assessment and Risk Management
• Reporting any incident or Serious Untoward Incidents that may take place in a community setting and provide reports and accurate records relating to the
• Working safely to ensure safe custody of medicines, sharps, and clinical equipment in a community setting; and reporting of all incidents following Trust Policy
• Recognising and responding appropriately to “self-harm and suicide prevention” with particular regard to the risks in community settings, in line with Trust policies and training
• Understanding and working within the boundaries of the Lone Working Policy and awareness of Personal Safety in a community setting, including clear and updated communication with
• Responding to urgent situations, emergencies or crises using protocols specific to the local community

Safeguarding and Duty of Candour

• Understanding and implementing safeguarding procedures in a community setting; recognise, report and investigate safeguarding issues and raise safeguarding alerts if you suspect that a service user and/or carer has been exposed to harm or

• Understanding and implementing of Duty of Candour with regard to the particular issues in a community

Legislation
• Demonstrating an awareness and understanding of relevant and up-to- date Mental Health Law of particular relevance in community settings; ensuring adherence to legislation at all
• Having knowledge of the legal requirements of the Mental Health Act, Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, Programme Approach, Deprivation of Liberty, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Community Treatment Orders.

This advert closes on Monday 26 Feb 2024

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