Mental Health Practitioner | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Practitioner | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

As part of the wider Older Peoples Mental Health Services an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mental Health Practitioner to join the Young Onset and Rarer Dementia team.

This award winning team is based at The Meadows within the borough of Stockport and provides support for clients (under 65) and their carers.

The team are responsible for providing interventions to people with a diagnosis of a young onset dementia, or a rarer type of dementia, in a community setting involving particularly challenging and complex cases.

To carry out a thorough assessment of the service users’ current mental health needs, including risk assessment, psychological needs and cognitive functioning.

To demonstrate the ability to make decisions in relation to the clinical management of individual patients and make critical clinical judgements in relation to mental health and care provision within the community setting.

To be able to assess and manage clients presenting with co-morbidities of physical and mental health needs including the impact of medication.

Provide advice on issues related to activities of daily living, working with service users / carers / relatives with regards to all aspects of the care package.

Communicate clearly with service users who may lack insight into their condition and the risk issues involved.

To demonstrate the ability to make decisions in relation to the clinical management of individual patients and make critical clinical judgements in relation to mental health and care provision within the community setting.

To be able to assess and manage clients presenting with co-morbidities of physical and mental health needs including the impact of medication.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our#Pennine Care Peopleand  do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

To work in the community and liaise with in-patient areas assessing and prioritising clients appropriately

To manage a caseload of clients with complex and challenging mental health needs

To assess clients in the most appropriate location often in their own home working in accordance with the Lone Working Policy

To plan and implement client centred interventions using selected and graded activity to meet the needs of the individual ensuring issues of behavioural disturbance, aggression, wandering, mood disorder, psychosis and de-motivation are considered

Contribute to making decisions regarding client care in consultation with the multi-disciplinary team.

Undertake the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of specific packages of care (in conjunction with other team members).

Maintain standards with regards to the quality of interventions provided.

Work within the framework of the Care Programme approach act as care coordinator / care manager, as required.

Work within the framework of the All Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults

Policy and be willing…