JOB DESCRIPTION .............Team Leader - F-TAC

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FORENSIC COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICE
JOB DESCRIPTION
TITLE:
Team Leader - F-TAC
RADE:
Band 7
ESPONSIBLE TO:
Senior Nurse Manager – Acute Service
CCOUNTABLE TO:
Director of Forensic Services
OURS:
37.5
ACKGROUND INFORMATION
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he North London Forensic Service has been involved in the running of
Criminal
he Criminal Justice Liaison service is currently being seconded to
take part in a new
OB SUMMARY
o provide leadership and direction to the newly-formed Fixated Threat
Assessment
T
Justice Liaison Schemes since 1989, initially at Magistrates' Courts,
then expanding
ion 1996 to incorporate assessment at the point of arrest, with
police station liaison
schemes in Camden and later Islington. Both developments were
initially funded
with grants from the Home Office, but are now part of local
commissioning
arrangements.
T
specialised national service – the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre
(F-TAC),
financed by the Home Officer and Department of Health.
J
T
Centre. The purpose of the centre is to evaluate and manage the risk
posed to
prominent people by the fixated (i.e. those who engage in
inappropriate or
threatening communications or behaviours towards prominent people in
the context
of abnormally intense pre-occupations, many of which arise from
psychotic illness).
Other staff at the centre will comprise four police officers, two
civilian researches, a
forensic psychiatrist and a forensic psychologist. The Unit will be
located in central
London.

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DUTIES
1.
MANAGEMENT
1.1
To provide leadership and operational management to the team of F-TAC
CMHN's to ensure an effective and responsive delivery of care is
maintained.
1.2
Provide professional supervision to the F-TAC CMHN's within a
structured
environment, in order to facilitate and develop a broad range of
evidence
based practice.
1.3
Support and monitor F-TAC CMHN's in establishing priorities of care
and
maintenance of a safe work-load through managerial supervision.
1.4
Be responsible for the day to day monitoring of the F-TAC CMHN's
including
the allocation of annual leave, sickness and absence, study leave and
the
authorisation for expenses claims and ensure adequate cover within
allocated
resources at all times.
1.5
Investigate incidents/complaints in line with local governance
arrangements,
within the F-TAC Unit, ensuring lessons learnt are cascaded across
the
service and clinical practice is responsive to the needs of users and
the
service as a whole.
1.6
Keep line managers appropriately informed of issues pertaining to the
F-TAC
Service.
1.7
To be responsible for the recruitment and selection of staff in line
with the
Trusts policy.
1.8
To ensure that Individual Performance Review/Appraisals are
implemented
locally within area of responsibility and that they form part of
common
practice.
1.9
Ensure that all staff accountable to you, are familiar with the
policies and
practices of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and
other
agencies where appropriate.
2.
CLINICAL
2.1
The post-holder as team leader will also function as a case-worker
alongside
the other FCMHN's and the police officers in the unit, they will be
expected to
use existing skills and further train as a specialist in threat
management, in
part through formal teaching programmes which will be provided and in
part
through practical supervision and training in post.
2.2
The post-holder (case-worker) will undertake the gathering of
extensive
background information on persons referred, from hospitals, general
practitioners and social services. This will involve telephone, e-
mail and fax
contact with such services. It will involve close working with
civilian
researchers on the team, who will gather information from non-
clinical
databases.

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2.3 The post-holder will work jointly with other mental health
personnel and
policemen in the evaluation of risk in each case, working to specific
protocols.
The post-holder will take part in group referrals meetings and
individual
supervision sessions at which risk evaluations and possible
interventions will be
discussed.
2.4 The post-holder will have a case-load of a certain number of
cases which he or
she will follow through from the time that the referral is accepted
until such time
as the risk is assessed as being sufficiently low not to require
continuous follow-
up.
2.5 The post-holder may on occasion be required to undertake
assessments of the
mental state of people making inappropriate attempts to gain
proximity to
prominent people.
2.6 The post-holder will aid in the assessment and implementation of
appropriate
interventions, designed to contain or reduce the level of risk in a
particular
individual. Such interventions will in many cases include psychiatric
liaison and/or
diversion. This will mean liaison with mental health services in the
person's area
of origin and the organisation of mental health act assessments,
including the
provision of relevant background information, which may help the
assessment.
2.7 The post-holder will be required to follow-up those in his or her
case-load,
including regularly obtaining information on the treatment and
progress of those
detained in psychiatric hospitals. This information will be used to
contribute to the
regular reviews of threat and concern levels which will be conducted
on those
considered currently to constitute a moderate or strong risk.
2.8 The post-holder may be required to deal directly, sensitively and
appropriately
with prominent people and their representatives in the course of
their other
duties.
2.9 The post-holder will be required to enter relevant details of
their cases into a
computerised database. They will be required to type up individual
case reports
and risk assessments on those on their case list.
2.10 A high standard of interpersonal skills is required to manage
the complex and
possibly conflicting interests of those involved in the various
processes, i.e.
health professionals, police, social services, potential or actual
victims, their staff
etc.
2.11 The post holder will have access to confidential information
from different
agencies, which is sensitive in nature and he/she will be required to
treat
confidential information appropriately. This involves adherence to
medical
standards of confidentiality regarding clinical information and to
police
standards with non-clinical information. They will defer in such
cases to the
judgement of senior medical or policing personnel.
2.12 The post-holder will be supervised clinically by senior medical
and psychology
staff and in terms of case management by the former or by the leader
of the
Unit.
3.
PROFESSIONAL

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3.1
Maintain own personal and professional status by ensuring the
requirements
laid down by the NMC periodic registration and continuity of
professional
licence are met.
3.2
To monitor standards of care to ensure high standards are achieved
and
maintained, in accordance with the NMC and local benchmarking.
3.3
To keep updated of current developments in caring for the mentally
ill/mentally disordered offenders in the community and issues
pertaining to the
assessment, care and treatment of clients who come into contact with
the F-
TAC Service.
3.4
To participate in quality assurance and audit programmes for the
Community
Forensic/Psychiatric Nursing Service area.
3.6
Be aware of and adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
4.
EDUCATIONAL
4.1
To undertake regular teaching on the subject of identification of
potential risk,
referral procedures to the unit and responses to be taken to minimise
risk
from the fixated. This will predominantly concern the teaching of
staff
employed by prominent people.
4.2
To undertake teaching of issues pertaining to Forensic psychiatry and
risk
assessment to police officers.
4.3
To promote the services to another statutory and non-statutory
agencies,
acting as an ambassador of the service.
4.4
Promote and encourage professional development of staff within the F-
TAC
Team, facilitated through liaison with internal and external
training/education
establishments.
4.5
Undertake professional courses as appropriate and necessary to the
post,
and identified through supervision and Appraisals.
4.6.1 Ensure that the statutory criteria for nurse training within
the agreed
accredited training areas is maintained in line with advice and
guidance from
training establishments and the accredited faculty.
4.7To take an active role in in-house training within the Forensic
Directorate.
4.7 To impart skills, knowledge and expertise to local universities
and training
establishments through joint collaborative training and education
initiatives.
5.
RESEARCH
5.1
To collate and formulate clinical / activity data in order to examine
and
interrogate such information in a meaningful way.
5.2
To work collaboratively with other disciplines on research projects
pertaining
to the Criminal Justice Service.

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5.3
To be involved in the presentation of research / studies within the
service and
externally.
6.
ADMINISTRATIVE
6.1
Maintain accurate and up to date records of health care delivered in
line with
the agreed monitoring instruments.
6.2
Ensure daily statistical records are maintained (PIMS) and entered
into the IT
system as required.
6.3 Liase as appropriate with other agencies involved in securing a
satisfactory
package of health care
Any other duties
To undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade.
Terms and conditions
This appointment is subject to the terms and conditions of employment
of the Barnet,
Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust.
Health and Safety at Work Act
The Post holder must be aware of the responsibilities placed upon
them under the
Health and Safety Act 1974 to ensure that agreed procedures are
carried out and
that a safe working environment is maintained for patients, visitors.
Professional Conduct
The post holder must comply with the NMC Code of Professional
Conduct.

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