Senior Mental Health Practitioner

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
• Offer a same day triage of referrals
• Co-ordinate and lead for shifts as required.
• To provide the initial telephone clinical triage as required of referrals to the Talking Therapies service.
• To gather further information as required from referrer or other providers to help support a clinical outcome decision.
• Identify the appropriate intervention or management required and process to the appropriate CPFT pathway or 3rd sector agency.
• Provide completed outcome reports/letters containing the necessary information of a high standard.
• Have excellent telephone communication skills.
• Be conversant and proactive with Government legislation pertaining to the Mental Health Act, National Service Framework, NHS Plan and Clinical Governance.
• Encourage, promote, and maintain effective communication with the Primary Care providers, Community Teams, Acute Care Services, and 3rd Sector providers.
• The post will include flexible working patterns over a range of working hours
• Represent NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Talking Therapies SPA at local and Trust wide meetings.
• To contribute to the professional development within the NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Talking Therapies SPA
• To always promote and display the highest professional standards.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Relevant professional qualification e.g. Dip OT, Dip SW, RMN, Clinical Psychology Grade A, or equivalent further qualification in mental health work
• Minimum of 2-3 years' experience of working in a mental health care setting and of liaising and working with GPs

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working across organisational boundaries and working effectively with a range of external partners
• Experience of supervising qualified and unqualified members of staff
• Excellent communication skills when dealing with service users, relatives, carers, and other outside agencies either by telephone/letter or face to face.
• Be proficient in the use of computerised systems especially databases and Microsoft Word and Excel at a level to enable the production of a high standard of finished work.

Desirable criteria

• An understanding of the national Talking Therapies service and how it links to governmental objectives.
• A knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapies.

Skills & Ability

Essential criteria

• Confident and competent IT skills.

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential criteria

• Experience and awareness of mental health and wellbeing

Physical Requirements

Essential criteria

• High proportion of computer-based activity, long periods of sitting.
• Can sit for long periods and maintain concentration.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children and young people's mental health services;
• Children's community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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

• job description (PDF, 384.4KB)
• CPFT Values (PDF, 114.7KB)
• CPFT Mindful Employers (PDF, 51.3KB)
• CPFT Accommodation (PDF, 296.6KB)