About this role
Job summary
The post holder will be required to provide effective and timely care within a multidisciplinary team setting for the Older People Community Mental Health Team (OPCMHT) who present with both organic and functional mental health problems, their carers and families and others who are significant to the individual.
Main duties of the job
The post holder to demonstrate expert practice in the care of clients with mental health needs and maintain clinical expertise. taking responsibility for initiating risk assessment, mental capacity, best interest assessments, crisis planning, dialog plus and core assessment, ensuring the care and interventions provided within the ISS are evidence based and in accordance with NICE guidance.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:
We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description Job responsibilities
To provide mental health training to the Trust and external agencies, taking responsibility for planning delivering, implementation and evaluation of training.
To have a good working knowledge of community resources for older adults with mental health needs and their carers to access, to signpost, provide advice, education and support.
Be responsible and accountable for the management of own caseload as directed by the OPCMHT manager.
To be highly skilled in working with potential aggressive behaviour of clients in the community.
To develop care plans in collaboration with the patient, carer, and other relevant person/agency.
To provide skilled assessments of patients and carers emotional and psychological needs based upon the understanding, interpretation and integration of data given by the patient and other sources.
To conduct ongoing assessments of the impact of prescribed psychotropic medication on individual patients both in terms of therapeutic and untoward side effects.
Maintain contact with service users on their caseload during periods of admission, including attendance at MDT meetings. To take lead in the planning and implementation of the clients re-integration back into the community.
Perform thorough physical health assessments, encompassing monitoring of vital signs, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar and other relevant indicators to ensure comprehensive health evaluation.
Occupational Therapists To conduct comprehensive assessments of clients referred to the OPCMHT, focussing on occupational therapy equipment needs, telecare needs, including aids for the home use and mobility assessments including wheelchair assessments.
Person Specification
Essential Essential
oBSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy oEvidence of further post-registration education and training oPost registration experience as a Band 5 OT preferably in a mental health setting working with older adults with functional and organic mental health needs. oAbility to care co-ordinate within dialog plus requirements
Desirable
Ability to demonstrate transferable skills if currently working in another setting. Experience of working in a community mental health setting. Experience/Interest in working with older adults Safeguarding Adult Processes
Essential Essential
oSpecialist knowledge of statutory policy relating to mental health care delivery incl. Dialog plus, National Service Framework for Mental Health, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act oCar driver/owner
Desirable
Further training within the specialist area of Mental Health for the Older Person. Ability to demonstrate transferable skills if currently working in another setting. Experience of working in a community mental health setting. Experience/Interest in working with older adults Safeguarding Adult Processes
Interview Essential
oAbility to undertake comprehensive risk assessment and implement risk management plans.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Barnet Hospital,
Springwell Centre, Wellhouse Lane.
Barnet
EN5 3DJ
Employer's website https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)