Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner - Op COURAGE Veterans

Job overview

ROLE SUMMARY

Are you a member of the Armed Forces Community? Maybe you have experience working with the Armed Forces Community? Or perhaps you are someone with the desire to support those who have given so much to our country? If so, consider joining us in Op COURAGE - The Integrated Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service

We need a passionate clinician who understands the need to tailor mental health care for the Armed Forces community and who is sensitive to the unique experiences that life in the Armed Forces brings. We provide ongoing training opportunities and encourage our staff to attend learning and networking events, to improve the care we can give to our patients.

You will be responsible for the care of a caseload of patients in the community, under the Op Courage Community Veterans Mental Health Service.

• The service is a Monday-Friday 9-5 service.
• This service covers the six counties that fall within the geographical area of the East of England. A blend of face-to-face and remote working is required for working across this geography
• This post will involve working within the collaborative provision of the Op Courage Veterans Mental Health Service, which includes another NHS Trust and charity partners. This means that the post-holder will need to ensure a high degree of communication with working partners

Main duties of the job

You will;

• Manage a caseload of community based patients and be responsible for assessing need, care-planning and coordinating care, and discharging from services when care is complete.
• You will provide face-to-face and/or remote contact with your patients.
• You will have an understanding of what is available for this community across the social prescribing and charity sector, and provide referrals to these other organisations that can help meet identified needs
• Advocate for the needs of the Armed Forces Community
• Empower people to address specific needs in relation to health and wellbeing and enable individuals to become experts in managing and taking responsibility for their own condition

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to provide the main duties of the job listed above, by;

• Building up rapport and establishing a therapeutic working relationship
• Understanding the specific needs of the Armed Forces Community and the challenges they may have faced with service life
• Assessing personal, social, and medical history and identify and verify factors including contra-indications apparent from patient history
• Sensitively be able to elicit a picture of the military service and challenges this have brought to the individual and their family
• Identify clinical mental health disorder, or those at risk of
• Develop a person-centred and needs-led care plan
• Refer-on to other appropriate healthcare services
• Liaising with relevant statutory and non-statutory services involved with provision of care
• Being aware of military related charities and community provision for Armed Forces community in their area.
• Evaluating potential efficacy of planned intervention
• Presenting cases to the MDT for clinical decision making and update the MDT on progress working towards discharge from the service.
• Ensuring that care plans, risk assessments and all patient care records are completed and maintained in line with set key performance indicators.
• Taking responsibility for and assist in the management of incidents, ensuring timely investigation and reporting of any incidents.
• Keeping up-to-date with current practices, local and national policies and agendas in relation to Veterans mental health.
• Empower people to address specific needs in relation to health and wellbeing and enable individuals to become experts in managing and taking responsibility for their own condition.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of qualified service providers within the local region.