Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

We are recruiting a Mental Health Nurse to join our Team in Central Norfolk Locality, where you will be based at Gateway House.

We provide assessment and treatment for those experiencing an acute mental health need in the community. We work with service users with a variety of mental health concerns, alongside working closely with families and carers as well as external agencies to provide a holistic approach and work in a creative and flexible way to provide a positive outcome for our service users on their recovery journey.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the assessment, planning, review and delivery of care and treatment in conjunction with the service users on your capped caseload. You will be expected to support duty cover for the team on a rostered basis and will liaise with other agencies to ensure careneeds are met.

Job responsibilities

• Assessment, planning, review and delivery of care and treatment for service users on a capped caseload.
• Support duty cover for the team on a rostered basis.
• Liaise with other agencies to ensure careneds are met.

Benefits

• A comprehensive in-house and external training programme.
• Career progression opportunities.
• Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days per annum based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays).
• NHS discounts and other benefits.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with the relevant professional registration.
• Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants) or Practice Educator (AHP & Social Worker Registrants).
• Ongoing professional development working towards degree level (if professional registration is following a diploma level course).
• Higher degree or postgraduate certificate in an area of clinical/therapeutic practice.
• Recognised Leadership/Management training.

Experience

• Demonstrated knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience.
• Experience in effective risk assessment and risk management.
• Experience delivering group-based interventions.
• Experience supporting service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Experience working in the specific area of community mental health.

Other

• Ability and willingness to travel independently to meet the needs and requirements of the service.
• Valid UK driving licence.

Skills

• Excellent communication and engagement skills.
• Conflict resolution and Breakaway training (or requirement to undertake within first 12 weeks).
• Care planning and Risk assessment knowledge and skills.
• Prevention and Management of Suicide training.
• Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice.

Knowledge

• The ability to use clinical assessment tools and outcome measures effectively and collaboratively.
• Have the ability to discuss, identify and escalatSafeguarding issues in a sensitive way to protect those who are vulnerable.
• Ensure care is values based, nonjudgemental and equitable, and supports the principles of equality, diversity and inclusivity being met.
• Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice.
• Knowledge of health promotion.
• Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£39,959 to £48,117 a year gross per annum