Associate Practitioner

Job overview

You will be responsible for assisting in the management and care of service users based upon individual needs, under the guidance of the Team Leader, and in providing practical support to service users in performing day to day activities, guidance and education. You will also ac t as a mentor to students and junior staff, and be responsible for supervising unqualified staff.

Main duties of the job

• Leading and running the physical health clinics
• Providing support to the clozapine and depot clinics where required
• Supporting the teams duty service on a rota
• Organising and following up on clinical outcomes following assessments
• Provide healthy lifestyle advice, and health promotion advice
• Assisting senior clinicians in the assessment and management of risk or to carry out care planned interventions
• Identify possible safeguarding concerns and take appropriate action through escalation of concerns

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note that this role outline serves to provide an illustrative example of the duties and responsibilities you may be expected to undertake during the course of your normal duties. It is not an exhaustive list and you will therefore be required to undertake other responsibilities and duties that are considered to be commensurate with the band.

• Assist in the management and care of service users.
• Produce accurate and timely documentation / records on all clients in line with relevant codes and Trust Policy.
• Contribute to assessment and observation of service users and provide relevant and timely feedback.
• Contribute to risk assessment of the individual and of the potential hazards in the service user environment.
• Provide practical support to service users, carers.
• Transport / accompany service users to appointments.
• Attend team meetings i.e. referral / review / business.
• Report and document incidents as required.
• Assess and support service users in activities of daily living such as meal planning, shopping, budget management.
• Support with housing and benefits claims, employment and paperwork.
• Undertake physical health care checks of service users and act on the findings.
• Act as key worker (Under the supervision of a registered clinician).
• Under the supervision of a registered clinician take part in assessing, planning and reviewing care.
• Under supervision facilitate group work (low level) such as relaxation, health promotion, sleep hygiene.
• Provide support o service user to promote concordance with medication and treatment regimes in line with Trust Policy.
• Transport and store medications in line with Trust Policy.
• Provide practical support, guidance and education for service users.
• Undertake carers assessments
• Demonstrate duties to new starters.
• Record all service user related activity information into Paris.
• Deliver smoking cessation training.
• Participate in audit and research.
• Be an Infection Control Link person (to support 1st level nurse).

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.