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Home Treatment Team Advanced Practitioner
| Posting date: | 17 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £54,320.00 to £60,981.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £54320.00 - £60981.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE13 6LW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9334-25-0576 |
Summary
The post holder will work as an experienced mental health professional (Nurse, OT or Social Worker) who acting within their own professional boundaries will ensure that all possible alternatives to hospital admission have been thoroughly and carefully explored for those patients who present to the Emergency Department or general hospital wards in a mental health crisis. The post holder will provide a trusted, senior assessment and Home Treatment opinion where admission is being considered by the initial assessor. The post holder will also ensure that in the event a patient is admitted to an acute ward timely reviews are undertaken to ensure discharge occurs at the earliest opportunity. Advanced Practitioners undertake assessments and home visits whilst exhibiting the ability to balance both clinical demands and managerial responsibilities. They will be available shift to shift to consult and take a lead in the treatment of more complex and/or high risk cases demonstrating safe clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment diagnostic skills and effective interventions . The post holder will be able to demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision making process. They will work with the multi-professional team to meet the needs of the service users and provide clinical professional supervision and leadership to the team. The post holder will need to co-ordinate robust multidisciplinary working and maintain excellent communication and working relationships with all staff across the Home Treatment and Psychiatric Liaison service and the acute wards. The post holder will provide management support as delegated by the Clinical Services lead, including supervision of staff, team training and service development initiatives. It is expected that the post holder be responsible for organising the roster ensuing safe staffing at all times. They will also be expected to deputise for the Clinical Service Lead in their absence. Advanced Practitioners are expected to work either the early or late shift making certain that there is always an Advanced Practitioner on duty during the hours of 8am to 10pm 7 days a week, 365 days a year.