DSP and Discharge Senior Clinical Practitioner

Job summary

The LDA Collaborative is committed to improving the lives of children, young people and adults with a learning disability and autism. This is an all-age post and will work as part of an integrated team working across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We are looking for a Registered professional with membership of a relevant professional body, who is looking for an opportunity to develop their skills at B6 level.

You will be well supported by a friendly, experienced team, working across LLR systems. This post will involve undertaking placement reviews, CPA reviews and MHA Section 117 meetings.

You will oversee the effective case management and assure the quality of individual placements for adults and children who require specialist inpatient mental health or learning disability services/placements.

You will be required to establish and maintain effective links and good communication with all specialist mental health and learning disability service providers (NHS and independent sector).

You will need to ensure patients in specialist mental health/learning disability services receive high quality and clinically appropriate treatment and that this is in accordance with identified individual care pathways and in the least restrictive setting.

You will lead on the commissioning of individual packages of care in the community and monitoring of assurance outcomes, working to ensure individuals are safe and packages of care meet their needs.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake placement reviews, CPA reviews and MHA Section 117 meetings
• Oversee the effective case management of individual placements for adult and children service users who require specialist inpatient mental health or learning disability services/placements.
• Establish and maintain effective links and good communication with all specialist mental health and learning disability service providers (NHS and independent sector) who provide services to individuals from Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
• Work effectively and collaboratively ensuring patients in specialist mental health/learning disability services receive high quality and clinically appropriate treatment and that this is in accordance with identified individual care pathways and in the least restrictive setting.
• Understanding of admission avoidance processes, ability to work in a multi-agency setting to identify appropriate joint solutions to prevent hospital admissions.
• Organise, lead and chair multi-disciplinary meetings, showing compassionate leadership and the ability to manage different perspectives whilst achieving good outcomes for service users.
• Attend LDA Collaborative Discharge Planning meetings to discuss discharge plans for all cases
• Ensure proactive action planning for patient discharges well in advance to meet expected discharge dates
• Act as Chair for patient Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews, as appropriate, and follow up actions from these reviews

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Penn Lloyd Building

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 8TB

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Penn Lloyd Building

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 8TB

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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