Brent is a place of contrast, a destination for thousands of British and international visitors every year. Home of the iconic Wembley Stadium, the world famous Wembley Arena, the new London Designer Outlet & the spectacular Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, it provides a stage for cultural, sporting & religious events of national and international importance.

Key Responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team in the delivery of MH care pathway.
• Ensure, and clarify where necessary, the patient pathways through mental health services.
• Undertake initial assessments and reviews including the formulation of care plans to meet the identified needs of the patient.
• Undertake Risk Assessments and formulate risk management plans as per Trust policies.
• Regular attendance and participation at the clinical meetings that facilitate discussion of patient/client needs and ensure a shared approach to care, treatment and risk management where necessary.
• Plan and implement care as appropriate to the needs of the patient that is underpinned by best practice guidance and person centred principles.
• Review and evaluation of care plans and risk management plans on an ongoing basis
• Advice regarding medication management including promoting concordance and monitoring and advising regards effect and side effects in accordance with profession
• Facilitate undertaking of physical and mental health reviews
• Provide information, advice and assessment to carers, as required.
• To work with primary care to ensure that referrals to secondary services are timely and appropriate and that more complex cases are referred on.
• Work as part of the mental health practitioner team at base and in service users homes and the community as appropriate.
• To develop and maintain access to community & voluntary agencies/services who can offer patients alternative avenues for support and therapeutic help
• Ensure safe discharge process back to primary care when secondary services no longer required
• Facilitating and attending joint training events within the Organisation/ Borough as appropriate and agreed with service management team
• To promote appropriate service users involvement in all aspects of the delivery of the service.
• To participate in clinical and business meetings.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse RMN/Occupational therapist/Social work
• Mentorship qualification
• Registration with relevant professional body

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant Experience of working in a clinical area providing mental and physical health care and assessment.
• Demonstrable experience of working with people who experience serious on-going mental health problems

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with people in the community.
• Health promotion experience.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Care planning: being able to assess patients, develop, implement and evaluate a care plan
• Empowering and working in partnership
• Safeguarding and advocacy
• Understanding how the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards impacts on their work and the people they are working with
• Understanding how the Mental Health Act impacts on their work and the people they are working
• Understanding the concept of quality and their role in improving safety, clinical outcomes and the patient experience
• Infection control and aseptic Non-Touch Technique
• Manual Handling patients
• Obtaining Consent
• Medicines management and administration (nurses).

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Work well with other members of the team including communicating effectively, being kind and considerate, reliable and enthusiastic
• Manage others and contribute to the management of the team
• Contribute to the culture of the team and play a role in making it inclusive, kind and hard working
• Help others in the team achieve their objectives and deliver safe, effective care
• Mentor, teach and support others in the team
• Supervise others in the team
• Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face but also by telephone and writing letters and reports.
• Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
• Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
• IT Skills: Able to maintain electronic patient records Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing Use of electronic communication platforms TEAMS / ZOOM