Description
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Associate Practitioner to join the West Essex Epping Forest Community Mental Health Team.
You will be responsible for assisting in the management and care of service users based upon individual needs, under the guidance of the Team Leader, and in providing practical support to service users in performing day to day activities, guidance and education.
Main duties of the job
- Leading and running the physical health clinics
- Providing support to the clozapine and depot clinics where required
- Supporting the team's duty service on a rota
- Organising and following up on clinical outcomes following assessments
- Provide healthy lifestyle advice, and health promotion advice
- Assisting senior clinicians in the assessment and management of risk or to carry out care planned interventions
- Identify possible safeguarding concerns and take appropriate action through escalation of concerns
Benefits
- 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
- Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
- Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
- Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.
Job responsibilities
- Assist in the management and care of service users.
- Produce accurate and timely documentation / records on all clients in line with relevant codes and Trust Policy.
- Contribute to assessment and observation of service users and provide relevant and timely feedback.
- Contribute to risk assessment of the individual and of the potential hazards in the service user environment.
- Provide practical support to service users, carers.
- Transport / accompany service users to appointments.
- Attend team meetings i.e. referral / review / business.
- Report and document incidents as required.
- Assess and support service users in activities of daily living such as meal planning, shopping, budget management.
- Support with housing and benefits claims, employment and paperwork.
- Undertake physical health care checks of service users and act on the findings.
- Act as key worker (Under the supervision of a registered clinician).
- Under the supervision of a registered clinician take part in assessing, planning and reviewing care.
- Under supervision facilitate group work (low level) such as relaxation, health promotion, sleep hygiene.
- Provide support to service users to promote concordance with medication and treatment regimes in line with Trust Policy.
- Transport and store medications in line with Trust Policy.
- Provide practical support, guidance and education for service users.
- Undertake carers assessments
- Demonstrate duties to new starters.
- Record all service user related activity information into Paris.
- Deliver smoking cessation training.
- Participate in audit and research.
- Be an Infection Control Link person (to support 1st level nurse).