Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Nursing and Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-5)
- Job ref
- 306-BEH-2067
- Employer
- Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Orchard House, St Ann's Hospital
- Town
- Tottenham
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Early Intervention Practitioner
Band 6
We have been working together in a Partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust for some time, with a single Chair and Chief Executive since 2021 and single Executive Team since 2022. We launched our North London Mental Health Partnership Strategy in May 2023 and in July 2023 our Boards agreed that coming together to create one new Trust is best for our service users, our staff and our local communities. Subject to final approvals, we will be formally established as one new Trust on 1 October 2024.
Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership
Job overview
The Haringey Early Intervention in Psychosis Team is seeking to recruit a Band 6 or 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker to join our fully substantive team as a Community Early Intervention Practitioner. We invite applicants as Band 5's who will be supported with our band 5-6 development program. 2 posts have become vacant following the career development.
Our team provide a range of specialist mental health interventions to people aged 18-65, living in Haringey and are presenting a first episode of psychosis. We have a diverse, and well-supported multidisciplinary team including Nurses, Doctors, Social Workers, Systemic Family Therapists, Psychologists, Cognitive Analytic Therapists, Dual Diagnosis Workers a Peer Support Worker and an IPS employment worker. Both our IPS worker and DDN are embedded in the team.
We highly value social inclusion and co production. We and have established good working relationships with other organisations, individuals, carers and service users.
We a thriving garden project and will be laying the flooring for our bike project next week. We have a pet therapy dog trainee post.
We have commitment to CPD support, clinical fieldwork education, evidence-based practice supported by internal and external training. We currently have 5 trainees in the team.
We welcome applicants with lived experience and only those who are committed to equality and diversity.
Main duties of the job
Job Summary:
To undertake the role of care co-ordinator in the assessment, development and delivery of support to people experiencing first episode psychosis. Working as part of the multi-disciplinary team you will work with individuals and their families or carers providing support, education, family work and evidence based interventions aimed towards promoting recovery. You will work with people aged between 18 and 64 years in a service which aims to work with other agencies including primary care to raise awareness of psychosis and to reduce the length of time people remain untreated.
To supervise, instruct and teach junior and unqualified staff and students
To undertake duties designed to extend clinical and managerial expertise as delegated by the manager when required. To provide a full care management service to clients and their carers.
Working for our organisation
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
Why choose to join the Partnership?
- We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
- Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
- Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
- Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
- We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
- Generous Annual Leave Allowance
- NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
- We have excellent internal staff network support groups
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Carry overall responsibility for the management of a caseload acting as a care co-ordinator /care manager, as defined by the Care Programme Approach and other government and local directives. Ensure care is carried out effectively within a multidisciplinary framework and in collaboration with other agencies. Maintain contact with clients on their caseload during periods of admission, including regular attendance on the ward. To take lead in the planning and implementation of the client’s re-integration back into the community.
- Provide patients and their carers with a service that is culturally sensitive and gives due consideration to any special needs.
Provide therapeutic interventions by means of assessment and on-going treatment in various settings. Design care programmes in line with risk assessment and psychosocial needs. Discharge clients in line with the Early Intervention policy and procedures
- Maintain clear, comprehensive and contemporaneous written clinical records on all clients in accordance with Trust policy, utilising I.T. skills and knowledge to access and input clinical information and data to various electronic system, mainly RIO
- Provide formal, on-going clinical supervision and caseload management supervision to junior staff and Support Workers who deal with delegated cases. This includes carrying overall responsibility for their caseloads
- Undertake formal and informal teaching of qualified and unqualified staff, including students
- Initiate and/or collaborate in clinical developments based on appropriate research evidence. Set, monitor and ensure maintenance of standards of care.
- Promote health and provide highly specialist advice / education regarding mental health to professionals, patients, their carers, other agencies and the public in general.
- Receive regular, on-going clinical and case management supervision; attend staff development and training as required. The post holder will be subject to periodic appraisal for their work performance (Individual Performance Review) and objectives will be set on an annual basis between the post holder and their manager
- To prepare and provide social circumstances report and mental health tribunal report as required.
- To prepare and provide Community Care Assessments, Carers Assessment, Financial assessments. To negotiate buying in Services as required in meeting client’s needs. E.g. Direct payments, Home Care, Housing.
- To provide a direct link / liaison to GP practices as a mental health specialist advisor.
- To assist clients with Welfare Rights / Benefits / Freedom Pass applications as necessary.
- Promote Health and Safety advice at work and in the Community.
- To be highly skilled in working with potential aggressive behaviour of clients, relatives and carers in the community.
- To have specialist skills and knowledge required to work independently in highly unpleasant/potentially hazardous conditions and unpredictable environments.
- To participate with the recruitment process of new staff.
- To be involved in the Disciplinary Action Process of junior staff.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- RN(M),OT or SW Qualifications.
- Evidence of further post-registration education and training.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant qualification in or experience of Psychosocial Interventions for people with psychosis.
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 1 year post registration experience, one of which working with clients with mental health problems.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with young people and/or people with psychosis.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure in acute situations with minimal supervision.
- Communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable criteria
- To demonstrate an awareness of a wide range of skills including interventions specific to this service users group e.g. Family intervention, Relapse prevention..
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Understanding of user empowerment.
- Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Daniel Palmer
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087023207
- Additional information
For an informal discussion about the role please feel free to contact Daniel Palmer, Team Manager, Helen Holmes Deputy Team Manger, Or Bilkis Teeluck Deputy Manager on 02087025709
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