Intensive Outreach Mental Health Practitioner | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Due to retirement we currently have a vacancy for a Band 6 nurse, OT or Social Worker who is able to join the Intensive Outreach Team covering South East Essex. You will manage a small caseload of service-users who often present with an increased complexity in relation to their needs and support requirements. Though challenging at times it can be an incredibly rewarding client group to work with and the team itself is very experienced and supportive. The team base is in Canvey but due to the area the team covers other Trust bases are also used as needed. We are looking for a dynamic and passionate mental health practitioner (OT, social workers and nurses welcome to apply). The post-holder will work with service-users with the most severe and enduring long-term mental health problems across a range of diagnoses and co-existing needs. Theywill undertake co-produced, personalised support and care planning with service users where goals and interventions are based on empowerment andeach individual's strengths and assets. EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
• To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care for service users who are referred to the Intensive Outreach Team, including the assessment and management of risk.
• To be responsible for a caseload of patients as the named key worker/care coordinator/lead clinician (or other equivalent title)
• To work alongside the service user in meeting the practical needs of everyday life such as activities of daily living, budgeting skills, social structures, leisure activities, etc. in a collaborative manner
• To work within a psychosocial / family centred framework when assessing and planning individual packages of care.
• To be responsible for organising and planning an active clinical caseload as an autonomous practitioner managing your time effectively and liaising closely with other agencies and disciplines.
• To undertake evaluation of clinical symptoms and disabilities, advising appropriate medical staff of any changes requiring psychiatric evaluation and / or intervention
• To undertake the role of CPA co-ordinator for a case load of service users with complex mental health problems who are difficult to engage and require intensive packages of care in line with the Trusts CPA policy.
• To work within the framework of any new model of patient care, as designated by the trust, which may replace the pre-existing CPA framework
• To develop therapeutic relationships with service users in order to provide support and assistance, as appropriate to the service users and their informal carers associated
• To ensure that the Team is aware of the particular perspective of your professional background in relation to patient care, whilst acknowledging the need to blur professional boundaries in order to achieve a seamless approach to client care
• To participate in mental health promotion / education and give advice as necessary to clients and their carers on the maintenance of good health and prevention of relapse
• To administer and monitor the effects and adverse effects of prescribed medication and liaise with medical staff regarding any necessary adjustments in medication (if within professional competency)
• To offer advice / information to clients and carers in regard to prescribed medications
• To ensure the Intensive Outreach Team promotes a positive view of mental health, breaking down prejudice and stigma to facilitate an understanding of problems associated with mental illness
• To provide formal clinical supervision to students and other staff within the team
• To receive formal clinical supervision from the relevant line manager or senior practitioner as appropriate
• To take part in the team duty rota (if applicable), taking duty calls as required for the shift and following the lone working policy for checking staff whereabouts to maintain staff safety
• To possess enhanced communication skills to be able to communicate with service users and cares who are experiencing a range of mental health experiences, including psychotic symptoms or personality disorder - and who may be in distress
• To undertake the role of Lead Clinician for people who are detained under a Community Treatment Order (Mental Health Act)
• To complete formal tribunal/hospital manager's reports for people detained under a section or a Community treatment Order
• To provide cover for line manager in their absence.
• Being confident, autonomous practitioner who take responsibility for the care they give to patients but also take responsibility for overseeing the work of others in the team including less experienced and unqualified staff
• Communicating well with all members of the team
• Understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its objectives
• Reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings
• Encouraging the team to learn from adverse events or respond to data analysis from audits or benchmarking exercises and implement sustainable initiatives which improve clinical outcomes
• Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures
• Demonstrate good risk assessment and management skills, ensuring that decisions made regarding referrals are in the interests of the individual patient's needs and their safety, upgrading referrals where necessary.
• Be fully conversant with statutory and non-statutory services across South East Essex
• Maintain a good public image of the community mental health services by dealing with all patient, family, team and inter agency interactions in a professional manner
• Be responsible for the maintenance and accurate patient records on relevant patient information system (i.e. Mobius)