Jason Mark Bell

My role focuses on providing intensive support to individuals experiencing acute mental health crises, aiming to stabilise and reduce hospital admissions.

Crisis Resolution Home Treatment

Assessment and Intervention: Completing comprehensive mental health assessments, evaluating risk factors, mental state, and immediate needs.

Crisis Management: Delivering short term, intensive interventions to stabilise mental health crises, working closely with patients, families and other agencies.

Care Coordination - Developing, implementing, and reviewing person centred care plans, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to support recovery.

Outreach & Support - offering a high level of support in the community, minimising the need for hospital admission whilst facilitating quick access to appropriate services when needed.

Psychiatric Liaison Team

Accident & Emergency support - Providing rapid mental health assessments and interventions with A&E for individuals presenting with acute mental health issues, including suicidal ideation and self harm.

Collaborative Care - Work with A&E and general hospital staff to manage patients psychiatric and physical health needs, ensuring holistic care and seamless transitions to appropriate community services.

Crisis De-escalation - Utilising crisis de-escalation techniques to manage acute symptoms, offering therapeutic interventions and planning onward care/ support.

Key Skills & Responsibilities

Leadership and Supervision - Support junior staff (newly qualified nurses, student nurses, support workers), offering clinical supervision, guidance and fostering a safe, supportive environment.

Risk Assessment & Management - Continuously evaluating and managing risks associated with mental health crises, including self harm and aggression.

Documentation and Communication - Maintaining thorough records and communicating effectively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure continuity of care and patient safety.

Throughout this time I was based on a challenging behaviour unit where I am responsible for taking charge of a shift which has enabled me to develop my leadership skills. I have developed a wider understanding of the mental health act from working with patients who are detained under different sections. I have taken role of ‘named nurse' for patients who are admitted to the unit and have implemented care plans, assessed risks and carried out core assessments which assess a persons mental health/ behaviours over a period of time. I am required to chair regular MDT meetings for patients in my care and liaise with outside agencies in finding new accommodation for patients whose needs have changed and require a new care package. I carry out tasks with regards to the day to day running of the unit and keep records and documents accurate and up-to-date. I have been actively involved in introducing and driving service improvements in line with CQC requirements.

Working in a newly commissioned service offering a high standard of nursing care and support for people with learning disabilities/mental illness, challenging behaviours and other complex needs such as a sensory impairment or epilepsy. I was involved in marketing, clinical lead to staff nurse and support workers, managed duty sheets and supervisions. Carried out pre admission assessment; from these produced holistic care/ support plans to support funding applications.

Working on an assessment unit in Carlisle for patients with an organic illness, such as Dementia, providing a comprehensive and holistic assessment of the older person's physical, psychological, behavioural, social and spiritual needs through validated assessment tools and multidisciplinary working.

I was employed as a staff nurse on a locked rehabilitation unit for males who are detained (MHA). This is a specialist autism hospital providing a multidisciplinary approach to patients care. The hospital have adapted the ‘my shared pathway' approach where patients are involved in all aspects of their stay and discharge planning. I have been appointed named nurse role for two patients on the ward and I am responsible for keeping all care plans, risk assessments, positive behaviour plans, health action plans up date. I attend regular MDT meetings to discuss the care and progress of the patients and also produce reports for Mental Health Tribunals and Care Approach Meetings.

Throughout this time I was based on a challenging behaviour unit where I am responsible for taking charge of a shift which has enabled me to develop my leadership skills. I have developed a wider understanding of the Mental Health Act from working with patients who are detained under different sections. I have taken role of ‘named nurse' for patients who are admitted to the unit and have implemented care plans, assessed risks and carried out core assessments which assess a persons mental health/ behaviours over a period of time. Required to chair regular MDT meetings for patients in my care and liaise with outside agencies in finding new accommodation for patients whose needs have changed and require a new care package. I carry out tasks with regards to the day to day running of the unit and keep records and documents accurate and up-to-date. Since June 2013 I was employed as Acting Deputy Manager of the ward where I continued to carry out the above, working two shifts per week on the ward however also have additional responsibilities.

During this period I was seconded to a different service (Syra House) for patients with enduring mental health needs. This is a mixed sex unit for patients aged 18 years and over and offers a full range of investigative and therapeutic interventions, which were tailored to meet the needs of the patient. I was named nurse for one patient which required me to meet with the patient at least three times a week this was to discuss care planning, set goals and wishes for the future. This ward has been a long stay ward and at present is currently aiming to resettle all the patients into the community with adequate support, therefore a large amount of my time was spent working with individual patients assessing skills and working towards achieving skills.