Senior Mental Health Practitioner
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
Screen referrals to the service and prioritise referrals effectively and safely
Provide holistic psychosocial assessment, and subsequent planning and implementation of individual packages of care and treatment.
Undertake clinical risk assessments, based on latest empirical evidence and compliant with local policies and procedures.
Undertake risk management; practising safely and according to individual service user needs.
Provide evidence based clinical interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
Responsibility for the development, planning and implementation of brief care and treatment interventions for individual patients.
Ensure that individual episodes of care are delivered in a timely, effective and integrated manner.
Promote a recovery model that empowers patients, carers and relatives to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their packages of care and treatment.
Act as the patients and relatives advocate.
Enable patients and carers to manage disability, loss and change.
To provide support, information and education to family members, carers and other professionals
To liaise effectively with referrers and professionals within CPFT, promoting good working relationships and continuity of clinical care
To supervise junior staff as required
To act as a role model and clinically expert practitioner within the service
Participate as an active member of the multi-disciplinary team, accountable for your practice, and work in partnership with other health care professionals, service users and others in the delivery of care.
Champion patients' rights, including: dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect.
Be conversant and proactive with Government legislation pertaining to the Mental Health Act, CPA, National Service Framework, NHS Plan and Clinical Governance.
Represent the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team at meetings.
When undertaking all of the above ensure good documentation is provided and entered within the appropriate systems of record sharing.
Participate in the team's support and training of students
The post will include flexible working patterns over a 37.5 working hours per week to incorporate cover for 24 hours, 7-day service, including on call if required to meet the needs of the service users & carers.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Occupational Therapist/Social Work
- Current NMC/HCPC/Social work Registration
Desirable criteria
- Post qualification specialist mental health training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a community setting
- Experience in leadership role
- Experience of developing and providing teaching programmes
- Experience of managing and training staff
Desirable criteria
- Qualification in leadership
- Ability to deliver mental health awareness and varied concise information
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Effective organisational and time management skills
- Clear evidence of effective & safe decision making and problem solving.
- Ability to contribute to service development and ability to manage change
- Ability to work under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Ability to develop and lead new initiatives within the clinical care environment
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act
- Understanding of therapeutic skills for clinicians required to support patients in an acute phase of illness
- Clear understanding of CRHTT practice and treatment objectives.
- Commitment to and understanding of IT.
- Knowledge of SOVA and Safeguarding policies
Desirable criteria
- Mental Health Act Training
- Any additional training relevant to CRHTT intervention
Physical Requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to cover shifts over a 24 hour period, 7 days a week
- Ability to travel across a large geographical patch
Other
Essential criteria
- Committed to the empowerment of service users and carers promoting their involvement in service delivery
- Provide and promote non-discriminatory care
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- CRHTT Mental Health Practitioner (PDF, 304.3KB)
- CPFT Values (PDF, 114.7KB)
- CPFT Mindful Employers (PDF, 51.3KB)