Job summary
Are you a talented mental health assessor?
Are you interested in working with an outstanding Trust to develop and deliver community treatment in mental health?
If yes, we would love to hear from you. We are seeking to recruit an assessor to join theAdult Community Mental Health Service (ACMHS) in South West Hertfordshire.
We welcome diversity in our workforce and encourage applicants from people of all ages and backgrounds, such as those with lived experience of mental health difficulties.
Our team is based in Watford.
Main duties of the job
- The role of the Mental Health Practitioner will be to work as part of the Adult Community Mental Health Services undertaking initial assessments for all those referred by the Single Point of Access Referral Advisors for consideration for Adult Community Mental Health Services pathway .
- You will do this by providing assessment , consultation, support, education and problem solving approaches in the area of assessment and management of mental health problems in Adults of working
- This will include "signposting" to other services and providing advice regarding other digital and community based resources.
- To liaise with GPs and other Primary Care services to obtain additional information to support the assessment process and access to the appropriate pathway
- The role is to strengthen access and to provide triage for people who may need mental health services. The post holder will ensure systems are in place to promote smooth pathways between primary care and secondary mental health
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on...
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To undertake assessments of individuals including the assessment of risk in order to consider access or re-access to secondary mental health services
- To be a core member of the secondary y care teams within an defined area, using specialist mental health
- To develop links and foster a culture of partnership between Primary Care Teams and HPFT Adult Mental Health
- To promote the use of treatment protocols and care pathways leading to increased integration of service users within Primary Care setting.
- Facilitate joint work between Primary Care and Secondary Care interface and Primary Care/Voluntary Sector to increase range of services/interventions
- To develop a close relationship with Primary Care practices, and having regular informal .
- To work in partnership with the individual service user and their families and carers as appropriate to ensure the delivery of the primary care plan, and to enable the development of a plan to facilitate their safety, promote their well being and support their independence and inclusion in the community, by using recognised age appropriate self management tools where applicable. This may include signposting to partner agencies such as voluntary sector agencies, schools and colleges which may be able to more appropriately help the service user complete these
- To carry out initial assessments of service user needs to ensure a whole person approach, involving others in assessment as necessary
- To discuss with the service user and when appropriate, with their carers, their health problems and how they see and understand them, facilitating a process of developing their understanding and maintaining their hope for the
Please read the attached document for a more indepth person and job description before applying
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To undertake assessments of individuals including the assessment of risk in order to consider access or re-access to secondary mental health services
- To be a core member of the secondary y care teams within an defined area, using specialist mental health
- To develop links and foster a culture of partnership between Primary Care Teams and HPFT Adult Mental Health
- To promote the use of treatment protocols and care pathways leading to increased integration of service users within Primary Care setting.
- Facilitate joint work between Primary Care and Secondary Care interface and Primary Care/Voluntary Sector to increase range of services/interventions
- To develop a close relationship with Primary Care practices, and having regular informal .
- To work in partnership with the individual service user and their families and carers as appropriate to ensure the delivery of the primary care plan, and to enable the development of a plan to facilitate their safety, promote their well being and support their independence and inclusion in the community, by using recognised age appropriate self management tools where applicable. This may include signposting to partner agencies such as voluntary sector agencies, schools and colleges which may be able to more appropriately help the service user complete these
- To carry out initial assessments of service user needs to ensure a whole person approach, involving others in assessment as necessary
- To discuss with the service user and when appropriate, with their carers, their health problems and how they see and understand them, facilitating a process of developing their understanding and maintaining their hope for the
Please read the attached document for a more indepth person and job description before applying
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered mental health professional appropriate to the job role (nursing, OT, SW)
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Completion of Mentorship/preceptorship Course/ENB equivalent, or intention to complete
- Non medical prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Experienced post-registration
- Previous experience of working in the community/primary care setting
- Experience of working alongside people with complex mental health problems
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Experience of delivery teaching sessions to colleagues and professionals
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered mental health professional appropriate to the job role (nursing, OT, SW)
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Completion of Mentorship/preceptorship Course/ENB equivalent, or intention to complete
- Non medical prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Experienced post-registration
- Previous experience of working in the community/primary care setting
- Experience of working alongside people with complex mental health problems
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Experience of delivery teaching sessions to colleagues and professionals
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
