Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Job Summary
The purpose of this post is to work as part of the Community Mental Health Service to carry out assigned tasks involving direct care in support of the qualified Home Treatment staff. It encompasses the intensive psychosocial intervention, support and treatment to patients in the community in the acute phase of a mental health crisis as an alternative to inpatient care. The Home Treatment Team operates from 8 am to 8pm for 7 days a week, but this post is from 9am to 5pm from Monday to Friday only. There may be some flexibility .
Main duties of the job
We are looking for experienced, focused individuals, who are highly motivated with excellent communication skills. Community Services are becoming fast paced and rapidly changing to support the ‘Out of Hospital Care’ strategies, you will therefore need to demonstrate resilience in the ability to adapt to the changing landscape and opportunities as the service develops. A key element of this role is to ensure that service users and carers receive an excellent service/experience
About us
We offer regular clinical supervision, and excellent professional developmental opportunities within a supportive and friendly environment.
The Home Treatment Team is well supported by a good leadership and admin system and offers an excellent work environment. The team has good links with local statutory and non-statutory services. We are based in the Wealdstone area of Harrow, which has easy links to Central London and good local transport connections. The team works closely with Ellington Ward (Bedded unit) based in Northwick Park Hospital.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
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