Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 10 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | £28,407.00 to £34,581.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £28407.00 - £34581.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 June 2024 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB1 3DF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9310-24-0687 |
Summary
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities Clinical Service Specific To work within the integrated care team-mental health memory service to ensure that patients needs are met. To contribute to the assessment of memory functioning and health and social care needs, interpreting, planning and implementing treatment and care to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of Band 6 mental health practitioner. Wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting. To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making. To support the band 6 mental health practitioner with interventions including support and guidance to both the person with dementia and their carer. Organise and manage own time allocating work appropriately. To ensure that record keeping is to a consistently high standard To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate. To highlight and report appropriate and potential risks. To ensure that they contribute and work towards the service/organisational aims and objectives of the Neighbourhood teams and the new model of care To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and NMC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate. To ensure that they comply with current good practice in informing/updating all members of the multi-disciplinary team, their colleagues, service users and appropriate others of changes involving current nursing care plans, patients progress and other relevant matters that pertain to the care of the patient Provide support and education to peers, new staff non-registered staff and students To support the band 6 with day to day planning and delivery of a high quality nursing service. *DVLA have a number ofreciprocalarrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website