Job summaryWorking as part of the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, the post holder will provide a range of interventions to assess and support the needs of people registered with a GP in the borough.
Provide leadership to a range of Pennine Care and voluntary, community, social and Faith-based Enterprises (VCSFE) colleagues and will be aligned with our existing Integrated Neighbourhood teams and Primary Care Networks, to ensure that referrals received in the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, are effectively reviewed and signposted.
To facilitate daily team huddles and contribute to the development and operation of the weekly Neighbourhood MDT meetings.
Main duties of the job- To support the management process of referrals into the Neighbourhood Mental Health service
- To provide effective triage within the MDT huddle and provide oversight of formulations and agreed plans/outcome
- To contribute to signposting to alternative services, or escalation to crisis services where this is clinically indicated
- To facilitate daily huddles, and provide leadership for complex cases and care planning
- Be responsible for identifying specific skills and interventions required from the MDT to deliver care and support recovery
- To complete biopsychosocial mental health assessments and risk assessments to understand a person's care and support needs and develop care/safety plans
- Be responsible for formulation, implementation, and evaluation of care by
- To ensure that individual plans are developed in agreement with the person and agreed by the wider MDT
- To provide evidence-based interventions for people presenting with care and support needs because of their mental health
About usWe are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our
#PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Job responsibilities- To ensure effective interface between health, social care and VCSE partners
- To work closely with specialist community mental health teams to facilitate an easy in, easy out approach ensuring that people are able to access the services they require within a timely manner
- Provide consultation, triage, advice and liaison within the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams
- Develop and maintain effective lines of communication within Health, Social Care and VCSE and ensure that individual needs, care plans and outcomes are shared
- Support people to manage their physical health by working in collaboration with GPs and Integrated Neighbourhood Teams
- Please refer to job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Person SpecificationEducation / QualificationsEssential- Registered professional Nursing/Social Work/Occupational therapist
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Degree or diploma in professional qualification
Desirable- Completion of / Preparation for Mentorship/Practice Teacher/Fieldwork Educator qualification
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
ExperienceEssential- Substantial experience as a senior practitioner in mental health services in the NHS
- Experience of multidisciplinary working in mental health care with complex cases
- Experience of working to objectives and meeting deadlines within a performance management framework
- Experience of providing day to day clinical leadership and operational management
- Experience of and supervising and directing the work of junior staff
- Experience of joint working with outside agencies
- Experience of working collaboratively with service users and carers as partners in care.
- Experience of managing/triaging referrals
Desirable- Experience of working in community settings
- Experience of managing budgets
- Experience of working to objectives, within a performance management framework
- Experience of service improvement and development
- Experience of change management / implementation of change
Skills & AbilitiesEssential- Ability to work in a high-pressure environment collaboratively and effectively across organisational boundaries
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders
- Ability to manage own emotions and those of others and negotiate and influence
- Evidence of well developed comprehensive mental health assessment and risk assessment skills
- Ability to communicate with people about difficult matters or difficult situations
- Evidence of well-developed team leadership and management skills
- Evidence of effective change management skills and ability to lead motivate and manage a group of experienced staff
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to provide education and training to different grades of professional staff both informal and by formal presentation
- Competent IT skills and the ability to produce management reports
Desirable- Experience in chairing professional meetings
- Experience and or qualification in the provision of clinical supervision to junior team members
- Experience of quality assurance and audits
Work related circumstancesEssential- Requirement to regularly travel round different healthcare sites
- Make sure own actions reduce risk to Health & Safety
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
KnowledgeEssential- Working knowledge of the Community Mental Health Framework for adults and older adults and Greater Manchester Living Well handbook and model of service delivery for Neighbourhood Mental Health Team
- Knowledge of current Mental Health Act/Mental Capacity Act and Care Act
- Working knowledge of NICE guidance in the treatment of mental health problems
- Knowledge of mental health assessment /risk management processes
- Knowledge of clients presenting with comorbidity issues and dual diagnosis / co-occurring conditions
- Understanding of how primary care networks function
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodology
- Working knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults and children.
Desirable- Knowledge of primary care systems and processes
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). 
