Mental Health Practitioner

The post holder will provide direct patient care to people in their home who are acutely mentally ill. The post holder will be responsible for the rapid response to referrals, face to face assessment and gate keeping of admissions to hospital and facilitating discharge from in-patient services once the risk to the individual or others has decreased. The post holder will also be expected to undertake urgent front line assessments from GPs and other referrers and make clinical decisions around appropriate care pathways. The post holder will need to demonstrate excellent risk assessment skills whilst also applying a holistic approach to assessing the health and social needs of people experiencing severe and enduring mental illness. Additionally, the post holder will be responsible for referring and signposting to secondary mental health services, or alternative statutory or non-statutory agencies, and will be required to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The Band 6 work closely with the people who use our services, families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. The Band 6 are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide. For further information, please see attached Job Description Job description Job responsibilities The post holder will provide direct patient care to people in their home who are acutely mentally ill. The post holder will be responsible for the rapid response to referrals, face to face assessment and gate keeping of admissions to hospital and facilitating discharge from in-patient services once the risk to the individual or others has decreased. The post holder will also be expected to undertake urgent front line assessments from GPs and other referrers and make clinical decisions around appropriate care pathways. The post holder will need to demonstrate excellent risk assessment skills whilst also applying a holistic approach to assessing the health and social needs of people experiencing severe and enduring mental illness. Additionally, the post holder will be responsible for referring and signposting to secondary mental health services, or alternative statutory or non-statutory agencies, and will be required to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The Band 6 work closely with the people who use our services, families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. The Band 6 are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide. For further information, please see attached Job Description