Job summary
Employer heading
Specialist Assessment Coordinator
NHS AfC: Band 6
About the Trust
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
Our ambition is to maximise people’s potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
Job overview
The purpose of this post is to work as part of the multi-disciplinary team for
the Early Intervention In Psychosis Team, carrying out full risk assessment,
mental, physical health and social care assessments and specialist psychosis
assessments, identifying clients suitable for the service who meet the criteria for First Episode Psychosis, At Risk Mental States (at risk of 1st episode), to provide short term intervention and treatment as required and to refer on to relevant services clients who do not meet the criteria for EIT.
In line with currently identified best practice within early intervention work and to play an active role in service development supporting the team.
Main duties of the job
• To act as a Specialist Assessment Coordinator in carrying out
assessments of clients referred to EIT who are suspected as having First
Episode Psychosis.
• To support and supervise junior staff within the team.
• To at times manage and supervise the team.
For full duties please see job description.
Working for our organisation
The Early intervention Team works with people ages 14 -65 experiencing their 1st episode of psychosis or with those who are at risk of developing a psychosis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- R.M.N/ Dip SW/ SROT
- CAARMS Training completed and evidence of yearly updates
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship Training
- Physical Health Training
- Self-harm suicide training
- Non-Medical Prescriber
- Psycho Social Training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of assessing clients with serious mental illness in Early Intervention Team/Service, Access Service or Community Mental Health
- Experience of teamwork and effective communication at all levels
- Ability to work independently in a community setting
- Experience in the use of psychosis-specific semi-structured interviews (e.g. PANSS; CAARMS; PSYRATS).
- Experience of Tribunal Report attendance and writing
- Knowledge and skill in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care of clients with serious mental illness
- Knowledge of legislation that underpins the care of those with serious mental illness.
- Knowledge of NICE guidance applicable to those with psychosis and schizophrenia.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to work within workload deadlines and prioritise workload
- To organise, plan and implement workload
Work Related Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Flexibility in working hours required to meet the client and needs of the service
- Willing to engage in training to meet the needs of the service.
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kelly Longson
- Job title
- Acting Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 716 2727
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