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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical 
1. To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning, implementation and 
evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the care programme approach and under the 
supervision of the line manager. 
2. To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual 
and that unqualified staff are delivering care as laid down in the care plan. 
3. To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and 
developing a care plan. 
4. To develop a risk management plan for service users, taking note of the contributions from other 
members of the team. Ensure that all significant people are aware of the risk management plan 
and are actioning it appropriately. 
5. To direct unqualified staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.
6. To participate in setting standards for care based on sound evidence based and research findings. 
7. To participate in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users for with guidance from 
a supervisor. 
8. To communicate with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the communication 
of any relevant information which has an impact on the service user’s care.
9. To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to 
impart sensitive information. 
10. To check understanding of information where there are often barriers to effective 
communications due to distress, psychiatric symptoms or where English is not the first language. 
11. To use skills gained through training and experience to give and receive information to other 
individuals with regards to a service users care in the reviews and multi-disciplinary meetings. 
These individuals may be external to the Trust. 
12. To have knowledge of the Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation. 
To support services users and their carers when the Mental Health Act is being used to admit the 
service user to hospital. To ensure that service user rights under the Mental Health Act are 
effectively communicated to them and outcomes documented. 
13. To provide and co-ordinate the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service users and 
monitor their effectiveness.
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14. To take responsibility for the safe administration of medication (where appropriate) to service 
users ensuring that the Trust policies and procedures and the Nursing & Midwifery Councils 
regulations are adhered to.
15. To ensure that all relevant information with regards to a service users care and treatment is 
documented accurately and legibly into the health record. To supervise and monitor the entries 
made by unqualified staff. 
16. To under the guidance of a supervisor provide reports both in written and verbal formats as 
requested e.g., for a service user Mental Health Act Tribunal or Managers Hearing. 
17. To contribute to teaching sessions in order to pass on knowledge and skills. 
18. To use skills gained through training and experience to de-escalate situations where service users 
become physically or verbally aggressive. 
19. To ensure that unqualified staff members get appropriate support following violent or other 
untoward incidents.
20. To ensure that all incidents or near misses are documented as per trust policy and that any follow 
up action is taken. 
21. To actively participate in service user reviews ensuring that service user needs are met and that 
the team has all the relevant information on which to base their clinical decisions. 
22. To develop care plans that enable service users to reach and maintain their optimum level of 
health and independence to help them to remain in the community in their chosen setting. 
23. To react pro-actively in cases of service user crisis and put in place immediate plans to resolve the 
situation with supervision and guidance as appropriate. 
24. To assist in the assessment and supervision of nursing and other students.
25. To assess and monitor the physical and mental health of service users, seeking advice and support
from medical staff as appropriate. 
26. To actively participate in team meetings in order to positively influence team working and the 
development of research-based practice.
27. To participate in the induction of new staff.