Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
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Senior Mental Health Practitioner Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for a senior mental health practitioner to join the Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team.
About the Role
The Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team provides 7-day support to service users who are suffering from mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute in-patient environment. There is a strong focus on a recovery model and effective risk management to provide high-quality care in a community setting.
The Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team are always striving towards excellence in service delivery and ensuring that the Trust values are achieved. Currently, the team is undergoing an exciting period of change that will see them working together to develop a model of care that ensures effective service delivery in partnership with local services and across the Urgent Care Pathway.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide an effective and timely assessment by appropriately skilled mental health professionals for individuals suffering from mental ill health.
- Act as a key member of the multi-agency team ensuring the effective first-line telephone assessment and triage of service users with suspected mental illness or vulnerability who would likely present to A&E departments or other places of safety.
- Undertake Mental Health Assessments including Risk Assessments, providing rapid and holistic assessment, care, and signposting of individuals presenting with other urgent risk issues.
- Be proficient in referring to other clinicians within the service and/or referring to other services/agencies where necessary.
- Provide a “gatekeeping” function as detailed in the Operating Procedure.
- Provide managerial support to the team in the absence of the Team Manager.
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About You
The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward-thinking, passionate about working with service users with acute mental health concerns and providing a recovery-focused approach. The successful applicant will have the ability to work as part of a team and in partnership with local services.
Our Values
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
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We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
Flexible Working
LSCFT supports flexible working, believing that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part-time, compressed hours, and flexi-time.
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Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Annika Leeds
- Job title: Street Triage Team Leader
- Email address: annika.leeds@lscft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07960875196
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