Senior Mental Health Practitioner | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, M14 7LU |
| Company: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6222287/311-B363-24-A |
Summary
Emergency services are receiving increasing volumes of calls for individuals presenting with acute mental health issues in the community. A significant proportion of emergency services resource is being used to support individuals struggling with their mental health, who often present with complex issues that require further assessment and ongoing support. The Mental Health Urgent Triage Team (MHUT) are a joint partnership between Pennine Care Foundation Trust, NWAS and GMP, in addition to this we are providing Senior Mental Health practitioners to work with NWAS practitioners in a Mental Health joint response car, attending the scene where a caller has been identified as being in Mental Health crisis. You will work from the clinical hub in NWAS and will have training in the use of the EOC software systems.
The service will provide urgent triage of service users’ mental health needs in the community, as an effective alternative to existing mental health crisis pathways available to emergency services. Service users will be supported to access the right care at the right time by the right professional in the least restrictive way, reducing system pressures across emergency services, emergency departments and health-based places of safety. Working in partnership will further form and strengthen working relationships between partner agencies and staff on the frontline, sharing experiences, education and insight into available local support resources for mutual service users. The postholder will provide clinical expertise and triage at the scene, working closely alongside colleagues across mental health services within Pennine Care.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
• To work in the community attending 999 calls and using clinical expertise to appropriately outcome these in the best interests of the patient and demands of emergency services.
• Substantial experience and confidence in the assessment and appropriate management of risk.
• To work alongside the MHUT as part of the MHJRV service to provide an effective and efficient response to referrals from GMP and NWAS.
• To support service users to access the right care at the right time in the least restrictive way, reducing system pressures across emergency services, our locality EDs and S136 suites.
• To provide urgent response to mental health related 999 calls using assessment, formulation and decision making skills to ascertain risk, self defined crisis and next steps.
• To complete mental health assessments following triage for those presenting with acute mental health needs.
• To strengthen working relationships between agencies on the front line providing mutual education and sharing insight into available local resource and support for local services users.
• To provide advice in the management of complex cases for our NWAS and GMP colleagues.
• The postholder must have a sound clinical knowledge and substantial experience of working in a secondary mental health care setting.
Please find attached job description and person specification for a detailed account of the main responsibilities for this role.
This advert closes on Friday 19 Apr 2024