Senior Mental Health Practitioner

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, + To accept referrals of children and their families.
+ To assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions that are agreed with the child and caregiver in accordance with best practice. Ensure comprehensive risk assessment of children, young people and families and that risk management plans are in place and documented.
+ To review plans on a regular basis and discuss in clinical supervision any issues that needs addressing.
+ To liaise with other agencies in terms of information gathering and sharing.
+ To inform local child protection co-ordinator and senior clinicians of any concerns regarding protection issues.
+ Use audit/outcome measures to measure change/quality in accordance with CYPMHS procedures.
+ To organise own caseload and work schedules in agreement with Senior Nurse/Clinician.
+ To see families/children in the setting most appropriate for effective and efficient care.
+ Undertake clinical procedures, including the measurement of physical characteristics relevant to their treatment plan e.g. blood pressure, weight etc.
+ Monitor and record/report effects and side effects of any other prescribed psychotropic medication.
+ Engage and support service users and carers utilising evidence based psychotherapeutic principles.
+ Prescribe and deliver evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions.
+ Please see job description for full list of duties expected., 1. Responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
2. Act as Named Nurse as required
3. Ensure that the nursing practices of the clinical area comply with the Trust's policies and procedures
4. Participate and assist in setting standards of service user care based on sound research findings.
5. Participate and assist in systematic monitoring and evaluation of nursing practice within clinical area
6. Carry out nursing care based on the principles of individual care programmes/nursing process in accordance with specialist integrated Care Pathways.
7. Assist in the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate service user assessments and models of care.
8. Support the implementation and maintenance of team working
9. Participate in process of potential new admissions to the service, including the assessment of such individuals in accordance with the agreed care pathway and completion of quality reports where appropriate.
10. Develop therapeutic relationships with service users and carers.
11. Participate in case supervision to monitor standards of service user care and documentation.
12. Participate in regular clinical supervision as per Trust policy.
13. Participate in managerial supervision.
14. Ensure the ward environment is conducive to promote service users' health, safety and well being, thereby preserving and respecting each service user's personal dignity, privacy, religious and cultural beliefs.
15. Incorporate health promotion and health education into your practice.
16. Ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
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17. Ensure the safe management of medicines and adhere to safe practice and principles of administration in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct and Trust Medicines Code.
18. Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the Multi-disciplinary team.
19. Participate and promote positive intra agency working.
20. Participate and assist in setting standards of service user care based on sound research findings.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a well motivated Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join the Knowsley CYPMHS team. We have one 12 month fixed term contract available which covers 0.8 wte (4 days per week).
You will have high standards of care and provide assessment, treatment and care co-ordination of children and young people referred into the service.
You will be expected to work as a member of the MDT and also be able to work well independently to provide person centred, evidence based care at all time.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.