Job Description

The Band 7 Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner role has the specific focus of working with a cohort of Service Users who present with complex Health & Social Care needs and who might be more difficult to engage in services. Within this role you will have continuing responsibility for proactive assessment, monitoring and management of patients and ensuring care is current, evidence based and in line with practice standards.



In addition, you will provide clinical leadership to the team in evaluation and monitoring of the service, provide specialist assessment as per the service users, and carer's requirement. You will lead with other senior colleagues the continuing development of a high quality service that is underpinned by evidence based practice and care pathways / packages and NICE guidance and DH guidance; leading on service development and policy in conjunction with the other Advanced Practitioners, senior clinicians, Clinical Manager and Operational Services Manager.



To support service users who present with complex needs and who might be difficult to engage in services via robust assessment, care planning and risk assessment/management.



To work with a range of system partners to ensure proactive delivery of care.



To provide clinical leadership within the multi-disciplinary team; delivering supervision to lower banded staff members and supporting the Team Manager.



EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;



Season Ticket Loans



NHS discounts for staff



Excellent Training facilities and opportunities



Buying and Selling annual leave scheme



The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas



Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work



Day One Flexible Employer



The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment



Join our Staff bank



What is Staff Bank?



Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.



All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.



If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.



? Manage and oversee management and care of service users with highly complex needs and who might be difficult to engage with services.



? Produce accurate and timely documentation, conduct and manage the maintenance of accurate and timely documentation / records on all service users in line with your Professional Code of Conduct and Trust policy



? Conduct and supervise assessment and observation to ensure appropriate and timely feedback to the team



? Conduct, supervise and oversee risk assessments of the individual highly complex cases and the potential hazards in the service user's environment



? Provide professional clinical leadership at multi-disciplinary meetings i.e. referral / review / business, professional or safeguarding meetings



? Report and document incidents as required and act upon findings as appropriate



? Act as a care coordinator in highly complex cases



? Assess and review care and support and supervise lower banded staff in this process