Job summary
- Main area
- Mental health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent position with a view to changing team structure after Living Well is fully functional
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (over 7 day working week (shift pattern varies))
- Job ref
- 311-R316-24-A
- Employer
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Laurence House
- Town
- Rochdale
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Response Hub Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
The Response Hub is based in the Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton area providing assessment, triage, signposting and support to individuals struggling with their mental health.
The Response Hub consists of several services including:
- Assessment and triage service
- Police Liaison
- Criminal Justice
- Joint Response Vehicle
- Out of Hours Team
- Primary Care Practitioners (PCNs)
- Trainee Associate Psychological Practitioners (TAPPS)
- Consultant Psychiatrist Clinic
The position we have available is within our Assessment and Triage service. The role involves undertaking comprehensive assessments and providing expert advice, education and support to individuals.
The service covers 7 days a week, inc bank holidays. This position is for the day position only, hours of 8am-9pm (no night cover required). The Response Hub is committed to providing a supportive working environment therefore flexi working applications are considered.
This position will be working within the Response Hub duty and assessment function whilst the current team members move into Living Well. This function will predominantly focus on the UECA (Urgent and Emergency assessments) and will be undergoing a change in structure to align within the new model, the role will predominantly remain as it is but may have some changes to management structure/ how it is delivered.
Main duties of the job
- The post will involve triaging referrals and assessing the appropriateness for mental health support, and signposting to other services if not appropriate.
- This post will be responsible for the assessment and formulation of presenting mental health problems experienced by individuals at a secondary care level.
- You will also be responsible for delivering brief psychological based interventions for people experiencing common mental health problems.
- Implement recovery pathways
- This post involves liaison with other roles and services within the community.
Working for our organisation
Rochdale Response Hub offers advice, signposting and support to individuals who require support with their mental health.
The service is the central point of entry into mental health services for Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale residents over the age of 18. The team receives routine and urgent referrals into mental health services, they also accept diverted emergency assessments following attendance at A&E.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
Person specification
Qualifications & Experience
Essential criteria
- RMN/RNMH/Social Worker equivalent
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
- Experience of working with individuals who present to mental health services in crisis and have symptoms of mental health illness
- Proven experience of working with clients with complex needs
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
- Degree - or working towards completion
- Formal teaching qualification.
- Further training in brief psychosocial interventions
- Completion of Preparation for Mentorship/Practice Teacher/Fieldwork Educator qualification or willingness to complete
- Primary care mental health work experience
- Experienced in the use of outcome measures such as CORE, PHQ9 and GAD7
- Experience of working with a psychological model of care
- Experience of triaging referrals
- Experience of providing supervision to junior staff
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of current mental health legislation, Safe Guarding and Child Protection Legislation
- Awareness of NICE Guidance in the treatment of mental health problems and knowledge of treatments and interventions appropriate for individuals with mental health needs
- Understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues
- Knowledge of psychosocial assessment and risk assessment/management processes
- Comprehensive understanding of deliberate self-harm and appropriate management strategies
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive mental health and risk assessment skills
- Ability to contribute to the development of effective packages of care and risk management plans
- Ability to deliver a range of evidence based interventions
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Comprehensive I.T Skills
- Ability to form productive working relationships with service users, carers and multi-disciplinary staff
- Good organisational and prioritisation skills.
Desirable criteria
- Skills in planning, delivery and evaluation of training
- Skills in the area of audit or research
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hayley McLellan
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01706 676100
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