2x Community Mental Health Nurse - AAD
Trust: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership
Role: Mental Health Practitioner - Community Mental Health Team working with patients with AAD x2
**This role is offering escalated rates - band 6 work for band 7 rates**
- To start asap on 3 month basis with the potential to continue
- Working hours: Monday - Friday 9am-5pm
JOB SUMMARY:
Commensurate with demonstrable level of practice and continued professional development and within the standards of conduct, performance and ethics as described by the Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC), ensuring compliance with legal, organisational and multi-agency requirements, work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team, carrying out assessments on a statutory and non-statutory basis of people who may experience a severe and enduring mental health need, taking into account the wishes of the patient, relatives, carers and other involved professionals. If appropriate take on the role of care co-ordinator.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Undertake initial and on-going statutory assessments of individuals and their carers need for social, psychological and physical care through a process of collaborative negotiation, which allows them as fully as possible to plan, implement and evaluate integrated packages of care and identifies existing and potential support in their social networks. Arrange supplementary specialist assessments when necessary.
Summarising assessments in a statement of needs, determining users priority, under national eligibility criteria, for services and sharing this with them. Case managing according to agreed procedures.
If you require additional information, please contact Jamie.Redpath@medacs.com or call 01785 256434 opt.1 opt.3
