Senior Mental Health Practitioner

at  Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role. Job Purpose The First Response Service provides 24 hour urgent access to mental health services for people of all age (Children and Young People, Adults or Older People) First Responders provide a brief clinical risk and mental health assessment, formulation and short-term contingency planning for people presenting in mental health crisis. Working within the community, First Responders provide face-to-face assessments working 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, First Responders empower people, carers and their families in decision making; diverting to a range of health and social care resources for support.
The key responsibilities of this role are as follows: Arrive at a formulation which will identify the correct care pathway and ensure this is implemented. Improve the quality of mental health care for people Improve quality of life for individuals and carers Identify and manage risk Prevent hospital admissions Reduce the number of incidents and complaints Measure improvements of health outcomes Determine service needs Provide evidence based clinical interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions Provide assessment, planning and implementation of brief individual packages of care and treatment. Promote a recovery model that empowers people, carers and relatives to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their packages of care and treatment. Undertake clinical risk assessments, based on latest empirical evidence Champion peoples rights, including: dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect.
When undertaking all of the above ensure good documentation is provided and entered within the appropriate systems of record sharing. A key aim of the service is to contribute to the acute care pathway, ensuring that persons receive a timely specialist mental health assessment by a professional mental health worker. A significant proportion of thes

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