First Responder (Mental Health Practitioner) | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 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: | 17 May 2024 |
| Location: | Huntingdon, PE29 6FH |
| Company: | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6237688/310-ASMHR-5415307-H |
Summary
I‘m Jade, a first responder in the First Response Service (FRS). I have been in the team for 1 year now. I trained as a mental health nurse and chose FRS because I was keen to support people experiencing a mental health crisis and help them access the right support and services they need. We work with such a diverse range of service users and I have really developed my assessment and clinical risk assessment skills since being here. I am grateful that we have autonomy as professionals, but also have a fantastic and experienced team around for support.
We work across the county with people of all ages, providing 24-hour access to mental health services for people who identify or have been identified as being in a mental health crisis. If you are successful, you will be part of a pioneering and award winning team. This role allows you to work closely with other community agencies e.g. police, ambulance services and local authorities to develop a short-term contingency plan for people presenting in a mental health crisis.
We work in shifts to provide 24-hour support, so you’ll be working: 08:00-20:00, 11:00-23:00, 20:00-08:00.
If you are successful, you will work shifts providing both telephone triage and community face-to-face assessments for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. You will be expected to provide brief clinical risk and mental health assessments, formulations, and short-term contingency plans for those both calling into the service via 111 option 2 or those referred by other professionals.
You will need to use a range of brief solution-focused interventions to empower patients, carers and their families in problem solving and decision making. You will need to have excellent communication skills and assessment skills and be able to make safe and appropriate plans. You will need to understand the resources offered by other agencies and work closely with them to ensure patients are able to access the support they require.
*We would encourage applicants to make contact and arrange a visit of the service prior to applying, so you get an insight into what the service provides*
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
• Provide evidence based clinical interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
• Responsibility for the development, planning and implementation of brief care and treatment interventions for individual patients within First Response.
• Provide assessment, planning and implementation of individual packages of care and treatment.
• Ensure that individual episodes of care are delivered in a timely, effective and integrated manner.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 May 2024