Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
In Reach Acute Practitioner
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Job Description
This is a cross-county post, covering Coventry and North and South Warwickshire, within the community Older Adults Team working with functional mental illness and dementia.
This post supports our Hospital at Home Pathway which is a 7-day a week service working between the hours of 08.00-20.00.
Role Overview
The role of in-reach acute practitioner will work in the community Dementia and Older adults and the Hospital at Home pathway providing in-reach into acute hospital settings to providing a comprehensive assessment and liaison within Accident and Emergency and Acute wards across the County and beyond where indicated.
Responsibilities
- Provide formulation and care planning advice for older adults presenting with mental health difficulties.
- Work closely with mental health liaison and acute colleagues to ensure early identification of mental health problems and their appropriate management.
- Assess and triage patients and support other community staff in the triage and assessment of individuals who present with a range of age-related mental health problems including dementia.
- Work in collaboration with other stakeholders who specialise in Older Adult care.
- Work closely with the Hospital at Home team adopting a step-up and step-down approach to reduce admissions to both General and Mental Health hospital.
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Service and Strategic Alignment
The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.
Fit for the Future 10 Year Health Plan for England (2025) is the main strategic driver for change for Older adults accessing health and social care services. The role will align with expectations for moving service provision from hospitals to the community, as well as with local and national ambitions for integrated neighbourhood teams. Place-based partnerships and integrated neighbourhood teams promote a focus on prevention and integration of statutory and voluntary agencies.
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About the Trust
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull. Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.
Contact Information
Visits to the team or questions are encouraged to appreciate this exciting and challenging role.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Hannah Thorley
- Job title: Operational Manager
- Email address: Hannah.thorley@covwarkpt.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0300 303 4017
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