Job Description
To triage all referrals that are made to the service as the single point of entry and firstlevel gatekeeper to mental health servicesTo make onward referral to the most appropriate service to meet the individual needs ofthe service user following triageTo carry out a thorough assessment of the service users current mental health problems and individual needs, including a risk assessmentTo develop individualised packages of care for service users with mental health problems, including signposting where necessaryTo provide short term psychotherapeutic interventions as appropriate To provide short term crisis management as appropriateTo identify the need for protection in line with safeguarding children and the Protection of Vulnerable Adult Policy and to comply with statutory obligationsTo liaise and negotiate with other professions, statutory and independent agencies to ensure the best possible service is provided to service users and carersTo evaluate systematically and record, outcomes of mental health assessments, adapting care on the basis of these outcomesTo involve family and carers in the assessment and care planning with service users consentTo provide education and appropriate self-help resources to patients specific to individual needsTo maintain accurate and up to date clinical documentation on all service user contacts, ensuring confidentiality at all timesTo develop a thorough understanding of deliberate self-harm, suicide and possible management strategiesTo possess a sound knowledge of issues surrounding violence and aggression and to be able to diffuse potentially difficult and volatile situationsTo contribute to the establishment and review of policies, procedures and practice guidelines relating to the work of the SPOE and the interface between primary, secondary and specialist mental health servicesTo provide advice and information to non-mental health trained medical and nursing staff regarding the management of patients with mental health problemsTo undertake evidence based practice To observe and practice within the legal requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983To maintain professional awareness by keeping abreast of changing trends in clinical /professional practiceTo be aware of professional accountability, with due regard to your professional Code of ConductResearch and Audit To ensure that PARIS records are efficiently maintained
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