Senior Acute Care Practitioner

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An opportunity has become available for a Senior Healthcare Practitioner to join our Mental Health Urgent Assessment Centre, our existing Psychiatric Clinical Decisions Unit, Health Based Place of Safety and Bed Management team. The post holder will achieve this by providing professional nursing management, leadership and guidance, fostering effective relationships, expert clinical advice and support in relation to the key dimensions of health care quality.

The purpose of the Mental Health Urgent Assessment Centre will be to offer a timely, high quality clinical assessments for those suffering from a mental health crisis. The service will aim to reduce A&E attendance for those who have no medical need to attend and provide patients with the right intervention at the right time to help prevent hospital admission and help keep people well in the community.