In Reach Acute Practitioner

Job overview

In Reach Acute Practitioner

This is a cross county post, covering Coventry and North and South Warwickshire, within the community Older Adults Team working with functional mental illness and dementia

This post supports our Hospital at Home Pathway which is a 7 day a week service working between the hours of 08.00-20.00

The role of in reach acute practitioner will work in the community Dementia and Older adults and the Hospital at Home pathway providing in-reach into acute hospital settings to providing a comprehensive assessment and liaison within Accident and Emergency and Acute wards across the County and beyond where indicated.

The In Reach Acute practitioner will provide formulation and care planning advice for older adults presenting with mental health difficulties. Working closely with mental health liaison and acute colleagues to ensure early identification of mental health problems and their appropriate management.

Main duties of the job

The In Reach Acute Practitioner will assess and triage patients and support other community staff in the triage and assessment of individuals who present with a range of age-related mental health problems including dementia.

The In Reach Acute Practitioner will be working in collaboration with other stakes holders who specialise in Older Adult care.

The In Reach Acute Practitioner will work closely with the Hospital at Home team adopting a step-up and step-down approach to reduce admissions to both General and Mental Health hospital.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As the successful candidate you must have a professional qualification i.e., nursing, occupational therapist or social worker, with substantial post registration experience as a qualified professional of which you will have recent experience working with clients within a secondary care mental health setting.

Communicate with both internal and external stakeholders, such as service users, carers, other teams, third sector and voluntary organisations on matters which may be complex and/or contentious.

Communicate effectively across a wide variety of settings, using tact and diplomacy in response to situations that may be complex and sensitive and may have resulted from conflict.

Providing advice and use their initiative and follow organisational procedures in routine and crisis situations

Apply communication skills which take account of other communication needs and differences, in order to plan, deliver and evaluate care.

Apply enhanced communication skills both oral and written to communicate information within records and reports within their service area. This may also include the need to respond to and offer and reassurance to questions and concerns from a variety of groups, such as service users, carers and other staff/teams.

Comply with and implement local and Trust policies and procedures regarding appropriate communication.

Be required to lead client reviews within the multi-disciplinary team and act as an advocate for service users

Analyse and act on multiple and complex information assuring adherence to local and national guidance, legislation and policy

Act within the limits of their competency and authority in line with their professional code of conduct.

Will manage and organise competing and conflicting priorities.

Review, evaluate and adjust activities in response to changing demands

Have the ability to use I.T. systems sensibly and purposefully to meet the needs of the role and will be required to utilise systems safely and securely in line with organisational guidelines.

Attend annual training and undertake life support training appropriate to role

Please see attached JD for further job responsibilities

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.