Arun Neighbourhood Mental Health Team Duty Worker
Qualified Nurse/OT/Social Worker
The Arun Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, Littlehampton hub, are looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner (Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist & Social Worker) who has a keen interest in working in a supportive multi-disciplinary setting with patients experiencing mental health difficulties. This is a part-time role for 3 days a week, the community team is open between Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm.
Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. You will be joining a warm, friendly, highly supportive team of dedicated colleagues who work together to offer the best possible service to the people we see.
This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions).
Responsibilities
* Maintain patient safety, in collaboration with patients, carers, and other team members
* Recognise the potential for or signs of patient harm, abuse, or neglect and take all reasonable steps to protect the patient
* Provide clinical advice on complex issues to other members of the clinical team and staff from other disciplines
* Undertake urgent and priority assessments with risk assessments
* Decision-making and coordination in a crisis situation
* Manage complex people who present to the team when their Care Coordinator / Lead Professional is absent from work and the person requires an urgent response
* Work to support the team where Intensive Home-Based Treatment is required
* Liaise with other services, e.g., Police; A & E as required
* Participate in the setting of quality standards and offer a consistent approach to people open within the team
* Support the team to deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care
* Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions
* Support members of the team with other specialist assessments, as required
To maintain professional standards of care at all times
We recognise that working in mental health can be stressful, so we prioritise staff welfare, providing regular supervision, reflective practice, mentoring, and any other support that our clinicians need to ensure their wellbeing.
Requirements
* Ideally, we would prefer someone who has experience of supporting service users with mental health problems
* An inclusive and positive attitude is essential
* Excellent communication skills are needed in the role in regards to communicating with all stakeholders including service users, carers, third sector providers, internal and external agencies, and services
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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