Working as a member of a multidisciplinary Mental Health crisis team, the post holder will be responsible for providing individual assessments of service users experiencing a mental health crisis, implementing clinical interventions, and delivering direct care to service users with mental health problems. They will also undertake management tasks, deputising for the Team Manager as required, and will take a lead role in mentoring and supervising others within their service area.
A key responsibility will be helping to develop the Home Treatment Team's response to working with people with dementia. This involves liaising with other providers, developing new operating protocols for the teams, and providing training to team members.
The post holder will be responsible for providing expert care in an area of designated expertise, in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct.
Other duties include initial assessment and formulation using a range of mental health or other specialist tools, making appropriate judgments about the needs of service users in crisis, and assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care in negotiation with service users, carers, and other services, considering the needs of a diverse community.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy
* We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
* With our partners in North London and each borough, we will ensure equity of outcomes for all.
* We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
* We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviors, management programs, and many more opportunities.
* We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
* NHS Discounts, generous annual leave, and NHS pension scheme.
* Excellent internal staff network.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust, you may be required from time to time to work at different locations from your normal place of work. This may include locations under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at other locations as deemed reasonable and necessary, whether temporarily or permanently.
For further details or informal visits, contact:
Name: Sarah French
Job Title: Community Service Manager
Email: sarah.french33@nhs.net
Telephone: 0208 702 3576
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