Mh practitioner

Service/Ward/Department Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and motivated person to join the Older Peoples Mental Health Liaison Team as a Mental Health Practitioner. This award winning team is based at The Meadows within the borough of Stockport. The service provides a resource into a variety of settings to support a range of disciplines from health, social care and the third sector in order to meet the mental health needs of our service users.

Role Summary

The post holder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team and undertake allocated duties within the Older Peoples Liaison team whilst also working alongside adult social care in our neighbourhood teams. You will provide specialist mental health nursing advice and assessment skills in conjunction with community services staff in order to develop appropriate interventions and treatment plans for older people with mental health problems. This post is full time.

Key Responsibilities Of The Post

• Represent the Mental Health Liaison Service whilst working across the Stockport borough.
• Provide specialist mental health nursing advice and a joint assessment service.
• Triage all referrals that are made to the service and allocate clinical priority.
• Carry out a thorough assessment of the service users’ current mental health needs, including risk assessment, psychological needs and cognitive functioning.
• Demonstrate the ability to make decisions in relation to the clinical management of individual patients and make critical clinical judgements in relation to mental health and care provision within the community setting.
• Assess and manage clients presenting with co‑morbidities of physical and mental health needs including the impact of medication and infection.
• Model appropriate methods of communication and care delivery to social care staff.

Benefits

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester – Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. This post offers a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
• Access to Continued Professional Development.
• Involvement in improvement and research activities.
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.

Workplace

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

Equal Opportunities

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.