Clinical: responsibility for assessment, admission and discharge processes, care planning, maintaining accurate records and must have a standard that reflects their level of clinical expertise, use of specialised psychometric tools to complement the assessment and evaluation of patient care, liaise with community based services and resources such as education, social security, employment, housing, police and voluntary sector organisations to facilitate the delivery of the most appropriate and best possible care for the individual patients, their carers and families, discuss complex issues surrounding risk management and plan care accordingly advising others regarding management of care, respond the patient crises in a positive pro-active manner, develop clear care pathways, including methods to reduce the risk of further crises developing, provide telephone support to any patients or carers, outside agencies or clinicians who require information, advice or crisis intervention (this will require the postholder to make immediate, effective decisions that will have implications for the outcomes of the patients' mental health. The postholder must be able to assess complex mental health conditions and develop and implement care packages in a variety of settings. Managerial: act as a role model for staff, which will involve providing support and guidance to staff in order to maximise the experience of patients whilst they are an inpatient, take charge of the lodge in the absence of the manager with continuing responsibility, plan and organise workloads for staff within the area to include allocation of staff, planning patient care and groups etc., assist with managing positive attendance in clinical areas in accordance with Navigo's Managing Attendance Policy. Clinical Governance: the postholder must be able to evaluate and review research and other relevant literature and be aware of the implications of the social and local policies, procedures and information packages related to service delivery.
Training: there is an expectation that the postholder will be involved in the provision of internal training sessions and presentations to other services and students and may be asked to provide specific training or mentorship to students. Additional: the postholder will be expected to take responsibility for a number of other tasks including risk assessments of patients who are in crisis and may be displaying high risk behaviours, supporting the clinical lead both clinically and managerial, facilitating supervision and mentoring students, having an understanding of the relevant policies and their application to related face to face physical aggression and associated actions. The postholder will be expected to professionally contribute and/or lead and manage serious untoward incidents, challenging behaviours, ensuring all parties are debriefed and supported. The postholder will be expected to be involved in and implement new and revised policies within their own sphere of work.