Senior Mental Health Practitioner Community Crisis Team

We are looking for Mental Health Practitioners to join our responsive Community Crisis Team, whether you are a registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist -- we want to hear from you! We have options available for both experienced staff in band 6 roles and for those who need to build their knowledge and experience in band 5 roles.,

• Assess patient/client, plan develop/implement/evaluate programmes of care and carry out nursing procedures to achieve best health outcome for patient/client/family/health needs as well as actively promote health and wellbeing
• Evaluate clinical outcome and report variance to clinical pathway, protocols, or best practice guidelines
• Contribute to effective discharge planning and/or referral process to health care provider and support agencies to meet identified health needs
• Apply diagnostic reasoning and professional judgement to nursing practice
• Manage daily care of patient/client and when required manage care in the absence of senior colleagues
• Foster inquiry and critical thinking amongst colleagues to advance nursing practice and patient/client care to ensure the provision of positive patient/client outcomes and person-centred care
• Accurately document assessments of patients/client's health status, diagnosis and response to nursing and other interventions and treatments
• Effectively manage clinical care and area through the implementation of clearly defined policies and procedures
• Educate and provide information to patients/clients/family to improve knowledge of illness, self-management prevention of complications and promotion of recovery
• Role model safe nursing practice and report poor practice when observed
• Practice in accordance with legal, ethical, culturally safe, and professional standards including the Code of practice
  
  Working in Portsmouth offers a diverse inner-city client base where we provide intensive treatment and interventions to individuals who present with a range of mental health needs as a 24 hour service. We need you to travel across the city to visit our patients, either by bike or bus, car or train! We also have pool cars which can be used by people with full UK driving licences and if you want to use your own, you can claim mileage!
Our aim is to prevent hospital admission and to be the access point for urgent mental health care to adults across Portsmouth. We work alongside our neighbouring teams to ensure patients who are in crisis are offered practical alternatives to hospital admission by the right professional at the right time. We're passionate about providing you with the opportunity to develop and have a wide range of therapies and treatments to train in to continue your learning. We want the best for you so you can deliver the best quality care to our patients. Although this is a community based role, our offices are based at The Orchards on the St James site., We have been working with other local NHS Trusts to create a new organisation, bringing together all community, mental health and learning disability services from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Subject to approvals, the aim is for the new Trust to be formed by the end of 2024. Project Fusion is the name for the programme to create the new combined NHS Foundation Trust. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will be bringing the services into a single organisation will result in more consistent care, more equitable access to services irrespective of postcode, and a more sustainable workforce and services. The new organisation will operate locally to ensure services can best meet the needs of different communities. The new Trust will be comprised of all the services currently provided by Solent NHS Trust and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, the community, mental health and learning disability services provided by Isle of Wight NHS Trust and child and adolescent mental health services delivered in parts of Hampshire by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Colleagues will transfer to the new organisation under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) -- known as TUPE on the day the trust is formed. TUPE is a legal process to ensure you transfer out of one organisation and into another, maintaining the terms and conditions of your employment.

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Please note, for part time hours the salary will be pro rata