Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Managing Caseload

•    Significant knowledge, awareness and understanding of Mental Health
Law, including legislation of particular relevance to the community
sector including the Community Care Act (2015) treatment legislation,
the Care Programme Approach (2008), the Mental Capacity Act (2005)
and Community Treatment Orders (CTO).
•    To be personally responsible and professionally accountable for a
caseload as part of the community team and lead and manage the
work of others as required.
•    Co-ordinating care, communicating with other professionals involved in
the care and ensuring regular CPA reviews are held as required. This
will include communication with other teams for example in-patient
services through attendance at ward meetings and with interface
services e.g. Addictions service and CAMHS services where
appropriate.
•    Independently carrying out assessment, care planning and care
coordination with excellent interpersonal skills, ability to listen to others’
views, respect and value individuals from a diverse range of
backgrounds.
•    Leading meetings with community team members on a regular basis to
discuss report and evaluate client care.
•    Ensuring a flexible approach in care provision with focus on choice and
social inclusion opportunities.
•    Recognising and addressing concerns about the physical health needs
of service users with long term conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma etc.);
escalating these concerns as necessary to senior members of the multi-disciplinary team. 

Leadership

•    Ensuring that electronic patient’s records are complete. Writing reports
and letters in a community setting.
•    Engaging in practice reflection through clinical supervision and
reflective practice groups, and contributing to the delivery of clinical
supervision to junior staff.
•    Demonstrate leadership skills within the clinical context of the
community, showing particular awareness of the challenges facing staff
working in a community setting and supporting junior staff as
appropriate.

Clinical

Promoting Recovery

•    Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care and with theirconsent, where appropriate, seeking the cooperation of friends, relatives and carers – following ‘recovery’ principles and approaches.
•    Supporting service users to adopt recovery strategies that promote
their wellbeing, healthy lifestyle, independence and self-care.

Risk Assessment and Risk Management

•    Reporting any incident or Serious Untoward Incidents that may take
place in a community setting and provide reports and accurate records
relating to the incident.
•    Working safely to ensure safe custody of medicines, sharps, and
clinical equipment in a community setting; and reporting of all incidents
following Trust Policy.
•    Recognising and responding appropriately to “self-harm and suicide
prevention” with particular regard to the risks in community settings, in
line with Trust policies and training guidelines.
•    Understanding and working within the boundaries of the Lone Working
Policy and awareness of Personal Safety in a community setting,
including clear and updated communication with colleagues.
•    Responding to urgent situations, emergencies or crises using protocols
specific to the local community setting.

Safeguarding and Duty of Candour
•    Understanding and implementing safeguarding procedures in a
community setting; recognise, report and investigate safeguarding
issues and raise safeguarding alerts if you suspect that a service user
and/or carer has been exposed to harm or abuse.
•    Understanding and implementing of Duty of Candour with regard to the
particular issues in a community setting.

Infection control
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•    Understanding and implementing infection control measures in a
community setting.

Legislation

•    Demonstrating an awareness and understanding of relevant and up-to date. 
•    Mental Health Law of particular relevance in community settings;
ensuring adherence to legislation at all times.
•    Having knowledge of the legal requirements of the Mental Health Act,
Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, Programme Approach, Deprivation of
Liberty, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Community Treatment
Orders.

Understanding of the admission and discharge procedure
· Completing referral forms as necessary.
· Networking/liaising across the teams such as Transition of clients from CAMHS into Working Age Adult team or from WAA to Older adult.

Medication Management
•    Administering and monitoring the side effects of medication according
to NMC professional standards.
•    Having significant knowledge of medication used in a community
setting and side effects.
•    Giving medication including IMI to the right patient, right medication,
right dose, right route, and right time and giving the right education to
patients.
•    Ordering and appropriate storage of medication in a community setting.

Research
The post-holder will be required to participate in annual EIP audit (NCAP) of their caseload and engage in any other EIP team clinical audits as required. The post-holder will also be encouraged to engage in Quality and Service Improvement projects. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communication

•    Preparing and providing reports on information and statistics as
required relating to case load, regularity of visits and details of contact
with clients and families.
•    Communicating/liaising effectively with relevant agencies to ensure that
an integrated programme of care is provided throughout.
•    Advising families on prevention of illness and accidents in a community
setting within own level of competency.
•    Liaising with other Health Care Professionals, Statutory and /or
voluntary Agencies to address the needs of service user.
•    Working closely with relevant professionals identifying health needs of
the practice population and support the development of services in
response to those needs. 
•    Leading and participating in team, locality and Trust initiatives as
required and promote the strategic aims and objectives of the service,
Nursing strategy and other relevant quality improvement initiatives in
the community.
•    Leading and actively contributing to clinical or governance reviews of
the team’s activity and the monitoring of performance in line with trust
directives and audit programmes in the community.
•    Documenting according to Trust policy, write in plain language,
avoiding jargon and use of acronyms.

On Call/Unsocial Hours

The Greenwich Early Intervention Team operates within office hours (9.00am-5.00pm Monday to Friday). 

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