Senior Mental Health Practitioner

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Job summary

Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist? Are you looking for a challenge and do you want to make a difference to the service users that we care for? If you answered yes to these questions, we have a role suited to you.

The Crisis Response and Home Treatment Team are looking to recruit compassionate, dedicated, and conscientious individuals who want to make a positive difference to adults experiencing mental distress and mental health crisis. 2 years post-registration practice experience required.

This role is to work across the crisis support pathway based predominantly at Wedgwood, West Suffolk Hospital.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team providing care, treatment, and assessment to patients both at base and in their own homes.

If you require further details, please email either Marion.Robbins@nsft.nhs.uk or Terry.Fontenelle@nsft.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

The CRHT team are very proactive and highly skilled at managing risk and supporting service users in West Suffolk who present in crisis and persons needing intensive support to avoid hospital admission.

We are - the 'front-door' to acute services, providing triage, assessment, intensive support, and alternative to admissionhand in hand with support of families and 3rdparty providers.

The staffing teams also works with service users already in hospital to ensure that they can be supported at home at the earliest opportunity to support their recovery.

CRHT delivers patient care twenty-four hours a day. Shift working is in place to ensure this service is delivered.

There is an expectation thatyou will have the ability to clinically lead care delivery and will be proficient in clinical care including care/discharge planning, risk assessment, admission prevention, environmental health & safety, Mental Health Act work and physical health care.

We are looking for professionals who want to be involved in assessments and home treatment for people in crisis. CRHT is an age inclusive service.

About us

Communication is key, we are working towards a model of co-production within CRHT and are in the midst of significant change and growth.

We are therefore looking for someone who can communicate in a professional manner with a wide spectrum of people to achieve the best outcome for our service users and their families/supporters.

We are looking for someone who has exceptional people skills as this role requires you to make difficult decisions whilst having to maintain professional relationships.

If you want to make a difference in people's lives and change it for the better, we want you to be part of our dedicated team! Wehave several pathways for staff developmentand career progression.

Benefits included with this role are:-

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

NSFT is committed to lifelong learning and continuous professional development (CPD) for its entire staff. There are a variety of definitions of CPD across the professions but it is usually taken to mean learning activities which update existing skills.

CPD is determined through appraisal with a personal development plan agreed between an individual and their manager, with the commitment of the necessary time and resources.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interviews are to be confirmed, candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days' notice, please note this date is provisional and may be subject to change. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

In return for your individual skills and knowledge, we are fully committed to assisting you to meet your professional development needs and enabling you to provide high standards of care, in a supportive environment.

For further details regarding this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Job description
Job responsibilities

In return for your individual skills and knowledge, we are fully committed to assisting you to meet your professional development needs and enabling you to provide high standards of care, in a supportive environment.

For further details regarding this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
• Ongoing professional development working towards degree level

Experience

Essential

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
• Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
• Experience in delivery of clinical interventions
• Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages

Desirable

• Experience in delivering group based interventions
• Experience in supporting service development

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Competent assessment and care planning skills
• Effective time management and workload management skills
• Effective analytical and decision-making skills

Desirable

• Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
• Medicine Management

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
• Knowledge of psychosocial interventions

Desirable

• Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks

Other

Essential

• Able to travel independently

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
• Ongoing professional development working towards degree level

Experience

Essential

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
• Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
• Experience in delivery of clinical interventions
• Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages

Desirable

• Experience in delivering group based interventions
• Experience in supporting service development

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Competent assessment and care planning skills
• Effective time management and workload management skills
• Effective analytical and decision-making skills

Desirable

• Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
• Medicine Management

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
• Knowledge of psychosocial interventions

Desirable

• Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks

Other

Essential

• Able to travel independently

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

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Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address

Wedgwood House

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

IP33 2QZ

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