Senior Nurse Practitioner with Mental Health Triage Response

Job overview

The Mental Health Triage and Response team is a dynamic new service which incorporates the  Multiple Award winning street triage car,  Places of Safety  and our new Psychiatric Clinical Decisions Unit which fall within the Mersey Care Footprint.

It will play an important role in Mersey Care's response to the national roll out of Right Care Right Person across the region.

The clinical decision unit is part of the wider Mental Health Triage and Response service, alongside our dedicated health based places of safety (awarded the Seni Lewis award at the 2024 HSJ Patient Safety Awards) and the Street Triage cars (awarded the2022  NHS parliamentary award for Urgent and Emergency Care)

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to our recruitment event on 9 November 2024.

Level 2 Police vetting is required for working alongside Police/BTP

Main duties of the job

The role of the Senior Practitioner within the Mental Health Triage and Response Team will include providing a response to Street Triage Car Service, the management of Section 136 and the operating of the identified Places of Safety and Clinical Decision Unit.

You will  work collaboratively along side  other Registered Mental Health Practitioner, healthcare support workers and also with Police forces, NWAS, Local Authorities,   Acute Trust colleagues and Mental Health Services.

The Mental Health Triage and Response Team  and Clinical Decision Unit will support service users presenting in crisis and ensure that their needs are met within the identified places of safety and assist with a timely assessment and safety planning.

You will need to demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, problem solve,  recognise risk and be able to effectively support the service user.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Participate in regular clinical and managerial supervision as per Trust policy.

Participate in supervision to monitor standards of service user care and documentation.

Assist with screening and telephone triage of referrals, prioritizing as appropriate. Provide information for referrers, service users and carers.

Formulate, contribute and participate in the development and implementation of specialist assessments, including risk, with patients requiring crisis care. Formulate and deliver plans of care as appropriate in collaboration with the multi- disciplinary team

Carry out generic and specialist assessments including risk with patients requiring crisis care.

Formulate and deliver plans of care as appropriate.

Provide short-term evidence based practices and fixed term interventions

Support the delivery of education and self-help materials within a variety of locations.

Develop and maintain effective working partnerships with services in other statutory and non-statutory organisations.

Assist in the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate service user assessments/referrals and models of care.

Ensure the clinical environment is conductive to promote service users health, safety and well-being, thereby preserving and respecting each services user’s personal dignity, privacy, religious and cultural beliefs.

Ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.

Ensure the safe management of medicines and adhere to safe practice and principles of administration in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Trust Medicines Code.

Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the Multi- disciplinary Team.

Participate and promote positive intra-agency working.

Participate and assist in setting standards of service user care based on sound research findings and evidenced based practice.