The post holder will be based in the OP Community Mental Health Liaison Team and covers the borough of Stockport. You will work alongside the Urgent Community Response Team to provide specialist mental health nursing advice and a joint assessment service. You will provide direct care to service users to support individuals who are in crisis because of physical health or social status changes which is directly, or indirectly, impacting on the individual's mental health. The role also includes communicating and supporting wider health and social care professional groups to model effective approaches of care when supporting individuals with mental health needs. This post is full time and a seven day service.
Responsibilities- Represent the OP Community Mental Health Liaison Team whilst working across the Stockport borough and collaborate with the Urgent Community Response Team.
- Triage all referrals that are made to the service and allocate clinical priority.
- Carry out a thorough assessment of the service users' current mental health needs, including risk assessment, psychological needs, and cognitive functioning.
- Make decisions in relation to the clinical management of individual patients and exercise critical clinical judgments in mental health and care provision within the community setting.
- Assess and manage clients presenting with comorbidities of physical and mental health needs, including the impact of medication and infection.
- Model appropriate methods of communication and care delivery to social care staff.
- 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.