Graduate Mental Health Worker | North London NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the adult community mental health team at a time of innovation and service development. This role will be involved, as part of the wider team, in helping to adapt the existing service within the new transformation process. This process is in response to the NHS 5-year plan to develop mental health services around the Primary Care Networks and provides new opportunities which include developing partnership working with the voluntary sector, working more closely with GP practices and developing more innovative, community-based and holistic ways of working.

The post holder will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care/services to patients, service users and carers as part of the Core Community Mental Health Team, working under the indirect supervision of a registered member of staff. You will be responsible for carrying out practical tasks, identified as part of the service users’ care plan or care pathways.

The post holder will provide supportive care management to an allocated group of service users as delegated by the Team Manager or registered practitioner. The post holder will receive clinical supervision as appropriate and partake in reflective practice/training on a regular basis.

Key responsibilities include:

• Undertake a range of duties which involve direct patient care, in some cases under supervision following competency assessment.
• Assist in the coordination of care delivery for a case load of service users in the community with mental health problems including those with severe and enduring mental illness under the supervision of a registered professional, in close collaboration with the Directorate, psychiatric multidisciplinary team, service users and other community agencies.
• Contribute to the monitoring of the physical environment ensuring that it is safe and conducive to the therapeutic work of the unit/community setting.
• Actively participate in the care and rehabilitation of service users and carers as per the plan of care determined by the MDT.
• Maintain clear, timely, comprehensive and contemporaneous written clinical records on all patients in accordance with Trust policies.
• Utilising IT skills and knowledge to access and input clinical information and data to the Trust Electronic System (RiO) and Local Authority IT system.
• Contribute towards the delivery of care using the recovery approach to provide therapeutic interventions under supervision by means of assessment and ongoing treatment in various settings.
• Support the assessment and management of client and carers needs through initial data collection, monitoring of patients’ progress, feedback, discussion, and reports and in care reviews with the clinical team.
• Provide information on health promotion and healthy living.
• Take part in psychosocial interventions i.e. CBT, psychoeducation or family work as per service user care plan.
• Provide patients and their carers with a service that is culturally sensitive and gives due consideration to any special needs.
• To undertake and assist in the organisation of the day-to-day smooth running of the service.
• Contributes towards the ongoing quality of service and care and identifies any risk issues in relation to the patients’ health and social care.
• Inform the team/person in charge of any changes in the patients' physical/psychological condition or any significant factors relevant to the patient/client.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to aggressive behaviour.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work.