Job overview We are looking to appoint a full time Duty worker of our unplanned team. The unplanned care team, work within the Cambridge Adult Locality Team to offer support to the wider team when service users experience worsening of their mental health, or when any unexpected needs arise.
They aim to offer intensive support when service users are in a crisis either by phone or in person and support the team by taking a lead on all unplanned work so that care coordinators and Doctors can continue with planned work. Main duties of the job Offer crisis support/ crisis appointments for service users who are experiencing a mental health crisis.
Offer brief periods of intensive support for patients who do not currently reach crisis team threshold.
Assess and formulate risk for patients who are experiencing a deterioration in their mental health and developing appropriate plans of care.
Attend ward reviews and help make discharge plans for patients open to the locality team but whom do not have care coordinators.
Offer day follow up for patients discharged from the crisis team, assessing mental state and risk.
Offer day follow up for patients discharged from the wards, assessing mental state and risk.
Write and present social circumstance reports for people without Care coordinators.
Support the CTO recall process as required.
Support with managing the care and treatment of patients on CC waiting list. Band Duty worker Service Manager Operational Lead Band Duty worker Band Unplanned care clinical lead General Manager .
Support the team if second person is required on visits with risk associated.
Improve links with CRHTT, wards, psych liaison, AMHP service and FRS – including attending weekly meetings with each of these teams.
Responding to families and carers calling in with concerns. Working for our organisation Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
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