Community Clinician

Job overview

• You will be a member of the MDT in a fast pace community urgent care pathway offering a community response to those experiencing a mental health crisis.
• You will work as a member of the MDT in providing high quality, evidence-based, holistic care to patients in line with your professional code of conduct and
• Trust policies. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate NICE Guidance packages of care based upon individual patient needs, under the guidance of the Team Leader.
• As required by your manager, you will have responsibility for the day-to-day supervision and management of lower banded staff within your professional group and team locality. This may include the management of these staff in line with agreed Trust HR processes as required.
• You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services; providing a 7-day a week, 24-hours a day service for 365 days a year working shifts where appropriate and operationally required.
• In delivering your duties you are expected to display behaviour’s that are aligned with the Trust values and in accordance with the NHS Constitution at all times.

Main duties of the job

• Provide management and care of patients
• Produce accurate and timely documentation on all clients in line with your Professional Code of Conduct and Trust policies
• Participate in the planning, implementation / evaluation and ongoing review of treatment plans
• Provide practical support, advice and education to service users, carers and other disciplines
• Responsible for the recording of all patient related activity information onto Paris
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings i.e. referral / review / business
• Conduct physical health care checks of service users and act upon findings
• Responsible for administration of medications, assessment of side effects, review concordance and clinical effectiveness of medication regime in line with Trust policy including
• Provide education and support to develop service users’ understanding of mental illness
• With relevant expertise and experience and support, provide psycho-social intervention, education and support to develop service users’ understanding of mental illness with aim to prevent relapse and admission
• Undertake carers assessment in line with Trust’s key performance indicators
• Be competent in use of relevant screening and assessment tools

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• You will be a member of the MDT in a fast pace community urgent care pathway offering a community response to those experiencing a mental health crisis.
• You will work as a member of the MDT in providing high quality, evidence-based, holistic care to patients in line with your professional code of conduct and
• Trust policies. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate NICE Guidance packages of care based upon individual patient needs, under the guidance of the Team Leader.
• As required by your manager, you will have responsibility for the day-to-day supervision and management of lower banded staff within your professional group and team locality. This may include the management of these staff in line with agreed Trust HR processes as required.
• You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services; providing a 7-day a week, 24-hours a day service for 365 days a year working shifts where appropriate and operationally required.
• In delivering your duties you are expected to display behaviour’s that are aligned with the Trust values and in accordance with the NHS Constitution at all times.