Barnsley

S Yorkshire

S71 5RG

United Kingdom

Job Description

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

Has continuing responsibility for the provision of skilled interventions to people with mental health problems in the community. Works within a multi-disciplinary team as a member of a Core CMHT.

Key Result Areas:

• Management of own caseload in line with C.P.A. procedures and risk management protocols.
• Provision of leadership to the Core Team in respect of psycho-social interventions to people and carers.
• Supervision and support of other team members.
• Participation in service development and clinical governance structures.

Professional:

• Assesses needs and identifies problems relevant to the care of people referred.
• Devises a plan of care in partnership with the person and carers.
• Implements the planned programme of care to ensure a high standard is achieved.
• Reviews the effectiveness of the care provided and where appropriate initiates any action.
• Advises and supports the person and carers to promote health and well-being and to prevent illness.
• Recognises situations that may be detrimental to the health and well-being of the person and initiates action that may be required.
• Establishes and maintains satisfactory communication with all agencies involved in the person's care in both hospital and community.
• Functions as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Management of enquiries and direct referrals of people in accordance with the Core C.M.H.T. Operational Policy and participates in the team duty rota.
• Maintain professional registration and demonstrate commitment to statutory codes of practice and continued professional development requirements.
• Responsible for acting up in the absence of the team leader

Administrative:

• Maintains accurate patient care records in accordance with professional codes of conduct and trust procedures and ensures records are made available when required by the appropriate agency.
• Participates in the formulation of policies at unit level.
• Maintains accurate mileage records.
• Manages caseload with due economy of cost and time.
• Ensures safe carriage, storage and administration of drugs prescribed (registered nurses only).
• Responsible for the ordering of stock with due economy.
• Produces monthly statistics in line with trust directives.
• Keeps the Management Team and colleagues informed of developments relevant to the area of responsibility.

Education:

• Supervises students and trainees on placement.
• Assists in the teaching and in-service training of staff.
• Is conversant with current trends in clinical practice.
• Participates and accepts delegated responsibility in research and clinical audit as required.
• Attends courses or training sessions relevant to the updating of knowledge and experience.

Personnel:

• Promotes an understanding of mental health and well being.
• Ensures health and safety regulations are observed.
• Attends mandatory training sessions as directed by the Trust.
• Participates in the values based induction and the annual appraisal process.
• Attends team meetings.
• Supports the Trust's commitment to a healthy work-life balance.

Trust Values:

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respect at all time. The post holder must at all times act in accordance with the Trust's Values:

• We put the person first and in the centre
• We know that families and carers matter
• We are respectful, honest, open and transparent
• We improve and aim to be outstanding
• We are relevant today and ready for tomorrow

Safeguarding:

• Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.
• Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy:

All Staff Employed By The Trust Must Comply With The Trust's Policies And Procedures, Undertake Appropriate Training Required For Their Role And Commit To:

• ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns;
• maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trust's Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct;
• understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and Trust Data Protection policy;
• comply with the provisions of The Trust's Health and Safety Policy and Protocol. Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually;
• receive supervision in line with the Trust's Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisal in line with the Trust's Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, role specific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed;
• understand their responsibilities under the Trust's Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy;
• recognise, respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users, carers and the public. Contribute to a working environment which promotes and responds positively to difference and diversity;
• ensure they carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of The Children Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguarding policies and participating in relevant training;
• comply with their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and deliver care through a Clinical Governance framework (i.e. CPD, Audit, Supervision);
• demonstrate, through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continual development of individual, team and service wide quality improvement;
• abide by relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking action when codes of conduct are breached;
• work flexibly to meet the needs of the service/organisation, whilst working within a culture of progressive employment practices and commitment to the Investors in People (IiP) Standards.
• adhere to the Trust's smoke free policies, which prohibits smoking anywhere on Trust grounds;
• being socially responsible by complying with measures that support the Trust in reducing or offsetting our environmental impact;
• Identify and report risks, hazards, incidents, accidents and near misses promptly;
• In addition to the Trust's own