Senior Practitioner

Job overview

You will work as a Band 6 Senior Community Nurse with the Crisis Response Team in  providing high quality, evidence-based, holistic assessments to patients in line with your  NMC professional code of conduct and Trust policies. You will assess, plan, implement and  evaluate packages of care based upon individual service user needs, under the guidance of  the Team Leader as per NICE guidance. The team works closely with the 2 other teams  which form the Urgent Care Pathway – Hospital Liaison and Home First - to respond to  urgent and emergency mental health crisis. Assessments can be completed within the  community and ability to drive is essential. The Team have use of a lease car. The team also  covers the 111 Option 2 telephone contact service and a part of your role will be to take calls  from service users contacting this service. As required by your manager, you will have responsibility for the day to day co-ordination of  the shifts within the Crisis Response Team.  You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users,  carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering  services; providing a 7-day a week, 24-hours a day service for 365 days a year working  shifts where appropriate and operationally required.

Main duties of the job

You will work as a Band 6 Senior Community Nurse with the Crisis Response Team in  providing high quality, evidence-based, holistic assessments to patients in line with your  NMC professional code of conduct and Trust policies. You will assess, plan, implement and  evaluate packages of care based upon individual service user needs, under the guidance of  the Team Leader as per NICE guidance. The team works closely with the 2 other teams  which form the Urgent Care Pathway – Hospital Liaison and Home First - to respond to  urgent and emergency mental health crisis. Assessments can be completed within the  community and ability to drive is essential. The Team have use of a lease car. The team also  covers the 111 Option 2 telephone contact service and a part of your role will be to take calls  from service users contacting this service. As required by your manager, you will have responsibility for the day to day co-ordination of  the shifts within the Crisis Response Team.  You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users,  carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering  services; providing a 7-day a week, 24-hours a day service for 365 days a year working  shifts where appropriate and operationally required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note that this role outline serves to provide an illustrative example of the duties and  responsibilities you may be expected to undertake during the course of your normal duties. It  is not an exhaustive list and you will therefore be required to undertake other responsibilities  and duties that are considered to be commensurate with the band. Core Clinical Function  Provide comprehensive assessment and care planning in line with the requirements  of the Mental Health Care Clusters  Produce accurate and timely documentation on all service users in line with your  professional code of conduct and Trust policy.  Triage of referrals received and to ensure a timely response and accurate allocation  of referrals received according to risks.  Participate in the planning and ongoing review of service users either awaiting  assessment or allocation for continuing care to ensure care provided is effective and  safe  Provide practical support, advice, signposting and education to service users, carers  and other disciplines.  Have an awareness of other statutory and voluntary service provisions to signpost  service users for appropriate care.  Responsible for the recording of all patient related activity information onto Paris.   Carry out risk assessment of the individual and of the potential hazards in the service  user’s environment.  Report and document incidents as required.   Provide education and support to develop service users understanding of mental  illness.  Be competent in use of relevant screening and assessment tools.   Support the induction and ongoing development of newly qualified nursing staff.  Participate in audit and research