Archive for the “Nurse” category
Enfield Down
Enfield Down is an inpatient rehabilitation unit for people with severe mental health problems, usually psychosis. It provides 24-hour nursing care, occupational therapy and medical care carried out by a consultant psychiatrist. Lunch is provided daily by an in-house catering team. Other meals are self-catering, …
Single Point of Access (SPA)- Calderdale and Kirklees
The Calderdale and Kirklees Single Point of Access team (SPA) ensures that all urgent and routine referrals for Trust mental health services from GPs, and other statutory and third sector referrals are processed and responded to in a timely way, following a triage process. Read …
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Psychiatric liaison team
Our service is provided to Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust where the team provides a mental health liaison service for emergency departments and outlying ward areas at Dewsbury, Pontefract and Pinderfields hospitals. The team provides a psychiatric assessment to patients who arrive at accident and emergency …
Nostell ward (Wakefield)
Nostell ward provides inpatient care for people who are in crisis who cannot live safely in their home environment. The ward caters for people with a wide variety of problems, including diagnosed mental illnesses and people reacting to crises in their lives such as relationship …
Intensive home based treatment team (Barnsley)
The intensive home based treatment team provide a service to adults from the age of 18 and above who are experiencing an acute mental crisis where there are significant risks to themselves/and or others. The service aims to provide intensive community support and facilitate earlier …
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Older people’s mental health team
The older people’s mental health team provides a specialist community mental health service to people who are struggling with mental health difficulties in later life. The team has community mental health nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, support workers and medics. The team offers assessment of mental …
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Disabled children’s team
The disabled children’s team is run in partnership with Calderdale Council’s Children and Young People’s service. The team is made up of learning disability nurses, social workers and occupational therapists who provide support, advice and services to children with a disability up to the age …
Tissue viability service
The tissue viability service provides specialist advice, treatment and therapy in the management of patients with compromised skin condition and wounds requiring specialist advice. The service runs educational training packages to health care professionals and staff within care homes along with weekly specialist nurse-led clinics for chronic …
Youth offending team
We aim to prevent offending by children and young people in Kirklees and provide support to those who are in contact with the criminal justice system. The Trust works alongside Kirklees Council to provide the service and employs a learning disability nurse to work directly with the team. …