Clinical Practice Specialist

at  Barnet Enfield Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

To work in collaboration with Consultant Psychiatrists and other lead professionals for the Adult Mental Health and Social Care team. Provides a brief clinical risk and mental health assessment, formulation and short-term contingency planning for people presenting in mental health needs or support. Provide care or support via telephone/Video or a face-to-face assessments. Work closely with other mental health services and agencies; such as the police, ambulance, local authority and third sector.
Using a range of brief solution-focused interventions, to empower people, carers and their families in decision making; diverting to a range of health and social care resources for support. Communicate with service users and callers at their level of understanding, culture and background. Remain courteous and professional at all times. Provide skilled and detailed triage, full assessment and intervention to clients for all follow up or new referrals to the team.
In the event of support during mental health crisis, re directing to the most appropriate services. Offer support and advise to carers in prevention and management of crisis situation. Provide clinical advice, education, support and training to team colleagues, CMHTs, primary healthcare teams, other professionals, service users and carers on the management of mental health problems. Deliver care that is evidence based, reflecting current best practice and research.
To maintain safe and acceptable standards of practice in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. Participate in the development , mentorship and clinical supervision of staff and students. Practice in a way that minimises dependency and promotes recovery. Demonstrate a sound understanding of the legal and ethical issues in caring for the mentally ill.
In particular, demonstrating sound understanding of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and the Mental Health Act (2007) and its use in a non-mental health setting. Provide clinical advice and support to other professionals about risk management and mental health. Improve and maintain working relationships with 111 clinicians, Mental Health Assessment Teams, HTT Clinicians, GPs, other professional and outside third sector agencies working collaboratively to ensure effective referral, treatment and discharge. To keep professionally updated with ongoing developments in mental health though an evidence based approach to delivering high quality mental health services by evaluating, updating, imitating and/or participating in training, audit and research.
The post holder will be expected to adopt a flexible attitude to take account of the changing needs of the service as dictated by the service user and organisational lead. Continue the promotion of a culture of evidence-based practice and support specialist practitioners in their role Reducing and managing risks to service users through collaborative working together with service users/carers in their treatments and adherence to their care-plans. Management of service users prescriptions and ensuring that medicines management policies and procedures are adhered to all the time. Reducing and managing risks to service users through collaborative working together with service users/carers in their treatments and adherence to their care-plans

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