About the role
Salary: £51657.00 to £58785.00
Are you an experienced registered Mental Health Nurse looking to secure the next step in your career or to take on a new challenge within Older People's Mental Health Services? If so, we are currently looking for an enthusiastic Senior Practitioner to join our fantastic team.
To undertake comprehensive initial assessments in a range of settings following acceptance of referral, considering the persons physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs.
To develop and implement an agreed plan of care with the service user and where appropriate, include the views of families and carers.
To identify and select from a range of health, social and voluntary agencies which could assist and improve the care of individuals and their families.
To represent BHFT mental health services at locality LAP/Cluster meetings.
To provide clinical leadership and offer mental health expertise & guidance to professional colleagues and assist in formulation to support integrated decision making and care provision.
To utilise advanced clinical skills and expert knowledge to deliver evidenced based person-centred interventions to a small caseload of people with complex mental health needs and offer practical advice and emotional support to their family carers.
To contribute to and influence the development and improvement of anticipatory care planning.
To have knowledge of a variety of therapeutic interventions including short term problem solving, crisis intervention and basic CBT techniques.
To manage complex caseloads and maintain responsibility for clinical decision-making within professional accountability frameworks for patients requiring secondary care mental health support
The must haves for this role: