Mental Health Clinician

Job overview

• Working collaboratively with patients and their families/carers, the postholders will have a particular focus on delivering high intensity and time limited community interventions aimed at providing an alternative to mental health acute/crisis admissions and to facilitate early discharge, reablement and mental health recovery.
• This involves, supporting team core tasks,  telephone triage, support and signposting and face to face full needs assessment care planning and referring on to relevant  services.
• Postholders will also work alongside inpatient staff, clinical leads and community partners, to further develop Rotherham’s OPMH crisis/home treatment and inpatient discharge pathways.
• These positions require a high level of autonomous practice and practitioners will be confident clinicians able to make competent decisions about risk, care planning and the appropriateness of home treatment. Postholders will have relevant knowledge and experience of mental health acute/ crisis work in the community.
• The MDT team includes nursing, OT, psychology, support and medical staff. The work of all team members is valued and staff are encouraged to participate in CPD & career progression.
• Postholders will be supported by regular supervision and applicants from a range of professions, including nursing, occupational therapy and social work are welcomed.

Main duties of the job

Deliver high-quality, person-centred clinical service for older adults with mental health needs, within a multidisciplinary team. Specialist assessment, care planning, intervention and evaluation for planned and unplanned care, with a strong focus on supporting people in their own homes/community settings. Practice will be compassionate and evidence based, addressing complex mental health presentations alongside cognitive and physical health needs.

Use a wide range of clinical and therapeutic skills to develop individualised care and crisis plans, crisis management and short-term biomedical, psychosocial and multidisciplinary interventions. Coordinating care with health, with social care and partner agencies, support safe and timely discharge, be a specialist resource to GPs, primary care teams and other professionals.

Assessment of mental health needs and risk, implementation and evaluation of care plans with service users and carers, and provision of carer support/signposting. Effective communication, record keeping and discharge planning are essential to ensure continuity of care and safe transitions between services.

Adhere to safeguarding procedures, Mental Health Act and Trust policies, clinical governance, audit, service development and research, care co-ordination and Section 117. Utilise supervision, appraisal and PDR, support students, and may deputise for senior staff when required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications