To ensure Safeguarding Children and Adults requirements are followed and participate in meetings as appropriate. To support unqualified staff to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users. To participate in setting standards for care based on sound evidence based and research findings. To communicate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team information which has an impact on the service users care.
To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to impart sensitive information. To check understanding of information where there are barriers to effective communications. To give and receive accurate up-to-date information regarding service users care in reviews and multi-disciplinary meetings etc. These reviews may be external to the trust.
To have accurate and up-to-date knowledge of the Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation. To ensure that all relevant information with regards to a service users care and treatment is documented accurately and legibly into the health record. To supervise and monitor the entries made by unqualified staff. To ensure that all incidents or near misses are documented as per trust policy and that any follow up action is taken.
To react pro-actively in cases of service user crisis and put in place immediate plans to resolve the situation with supervision and guidance as appropriate. To actively participate in team meetings, development and reflective practice.
PROFESSIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To be responsible for maintaining relevant professional registration and PREP requirements. To participate in ongoing learning to maintain and develop practice utilising CPD, self-directed learning, reflective practice, coaching, mentorship, clinical supervision and performance management in the interests and needs of yourself and the service.
To provide an effective link between mental health services and primary care, acting in an advisory capacity to professionals in other fields. To develop effective working relationships with other professionals outside of the Trust to enhance the delivery of care to service users. To participate as a supervisor and supervisee in the Divisional performance management / supervision framework. To take responsibility for maintaining and developing own knowledge and skills within own area of work.
To attend, as appropriate, courses and conferences, and to feedback and share knowledge gained from attendance. To be professionally accountable for own actions as a registered practitioner. To act, always, in accordance with trust policies and procedures, ensuring that unqualified staff are adhering to policy and procedure. To undertake mandatory training as identified by the Trust and Division to ensure that all actions are in line with training.
To keep up to date with developments in professional practice and make recommendations for change to senior staff, as appropriate.
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