NHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner (Nurse/Allied Health Professional)
Sanctuary Personnel
- Isle of Wight
- £42,618 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Location: Isle of Wight
Type: Permanent
Salary: £35,390 - £42,618 per annumSanctuary Personnel are seeking a dedicated Mental Health Practitioner to join our client's frontline response team within Mental Health Services. This position offers an opportunity to work with individuals of all ages referred for support, providing assessments and care primarily within acute hospital settings.Duties:
- Conduct comprehensive assessments to determine the needs and risks of individuals referred to the service.
- Develop and implement care plans, providing support, signposting, and onward referrals as necessary.
- Collaborate with service users and other agencies to ensure their needs are met effectively.
- Actively contribute to the development of the service and professional practice.
- Maintain professionalism in all interactions, adhering to equality principles and ensuring confidentiality.
- Liaise with various stakeholders including other healthcare teams, social care services, police, safeguarding, and third-sector agencies.
- Efficiently gather and process information from various sources regarding referrals.
- Ensure clear communication of interventions and plans to service recipients, families/carers, and other involved agencies.
- Plan and organise workload effectively, ensuring safe and timely responses to all referrals.
- Provide a range of services in different settings, aiming to offer alternatives to hospital admission where suitable.
- Identify the need for referrals to safeguarding services when necessary.
- Conduct timely assessments considering health and social wellbeing.
- Formulate evidence-based care plans tailored to individual needs.
- Collaborate closely with other agencies and care providers to ensure comprehensive support.
- Demonstrate innovative practice and contribute to service development.
- Work collaboratively with statutory and non-statutory organisations to enhance capacity in managing acute social and health care needs.
- Participate in team development activities and training.
- Ensure appropriate use of allocated resources.
- Provide supervision to non-professionally qualified staff.
- Participate in appraisal schemes and knowledge-sharing with colleagues.
- Effectively utilise electronic patient records and databases.
- Maintain timely and accurate data entry to ensure robust data quality.
- Actively review interventions and engage in practice review and audit.
- Contribute to Clinical Governance/Best Value initiatives.
- Ensure completion and distribution of relevant documents.
- Undertake lone working assessments and provide appropriate support in acute hospital settings.
- Adhere to statutory responsibilities and professional regulations.
- Adhere to policies and procedures, including risk management, health and saf
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