Senior Mental Health Practitioner

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About the Trust

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

1. Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
2. Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
3. Access to Continued Professional Development
4. Involvement in improvement and research activities
5. Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
6. Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values

Job overview

This service for young people and adults with suspected ASD and ADHD.

We offer: Diagnosis and post-diagnostic support for ASD and ADHD

The Team is multi-disciplinary and is based at Stepping Hill Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a member of the ADHD/ASD service. The post holder is responsible for providing assessment and formulation for adults presenting with ADHD/ASD and provide evidence based interventions.

• RMN/RGN

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments to regulated and controlled activities will require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Contacts: Wide range of agencies involved with the mental health
and welfare of adults
Job Summary
The post holder will be a member of the ADHD/ASD service. The post holder is
responsible for providing assessment and formulation for adults presenting with
ADHD/ASD and provide evidence based interventions. In addition the post holder
will be encouraged to develop a specific therapeutic modality as a speciality for the
service.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical
• To ensure high quality assessment of adults referred to the ADHD/ASD service.
• To provide or provide access to a range of quality psychotherapeutic
interventions in accordance with individual assessed need. This will include the
assessment planning implementation and evaluation of a variety of therapeutic
approaches either alone or as a member of the MDT.
• To deliver therapeutic input to adults referred to the team and provide carers with
relevant information.
• Work as a co-worker where appropriate with other members of the MDT.
• To be responsible for and manage a defined caseload and undertake case
management responsibilities within the caseload.
• To identify and develop strategies to manage risk to the adult and others in line
with Pennine care policies, procedures and protocols.
• To liaise closely with a wide range of agencies regarding individual care
packages and to promote awareness of adult mental health issues within these
agencies.
• Undertake liaison and joint work with other professionals outside of the M|DT
AFC 03/05/17 JME-077-17 Senior MHP ADHD/ASD Band 6
• Ensure collection of relevant information required by Pennine Care NHS
Foundation Trust
• To routinely monitor effectiveness of clinical work by use of Routine Outcome
Measures (ROM) and where outcomes are not improving for adults to engage in
clinical review via peer review meetings and supervision.
Managerial and Administrative
• To attend team, clinical, business and other meetings as required.
• To manage own workload and time effectively.
• To undertake accurate record keeping.
• To provide and enter data for local information management systems.
• To contribute to peer supervision within the adult ADHS/ASD service.
• To give and receive regular clinical management supervision and to participate in
appraisal.
• To participate in the development of education and training programmes.
• To maintain own education and awareness of current developments within the
service.
• In conjunction with the Clinical Lead/Primary Care Service Manager ensure that
appropriate supervision is available and attended for any specialist
psychotherapeutic treatment intervention offered by the post holder such as CBT,
CAT or family therapy.
Development
• Maintain a current professional portfolio and participate on programmes of
personal development and training, which will be identified as part of the
individual performance and development review.
• Undertake personal development in line with Pennine policy.
• Maintain professional registration requirement.
This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the
role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to
time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed
process.

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RMN / RGN

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in working with service users with ASD / ADHD

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience in community mental health services.
• Professional involvement with the users of mental health services.
• Experience if case management of adults.
• Experience on multiagency working.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of relating to adults in a group or community setting.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of mental health issues in adults.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and National policies in relation to adults.
• Knowledge of therapeutic interventions with adults.
• Knowledge of evidenced based intervention and pharmacology.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to undertake appropriate mental health assessments.
• Ability to carry out therapeutic interventions with this client group
• Ability to work well with a team.
• Ability to manage a caseload effectively.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to work creatively and flexibly in a clinical context.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
• Experience of planning and carrying out group/individual work.

A hints and tips document is attached below for guidance on completing your application form.

Disclosure Barring Certificate check

All of our new starters, who are appointed to a post which requires a Disclosure Barring Certificate check (DBS), will be recharged for the full cost of the check (DBS checks for volunteers are free of charge).

An enhanced DBS check costs £38 and a standard check costs £18 (plus an administration charge of £3.50). If you are a substantive member of staff, the full amount will be taken from your first month's salary.

If you are a member of staff on our bank, you will need to repay the full amount from your first salary.

We encourage you to register with the DBS update service at an annual cost of £13 (this is mandatory for bank staff).

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• Priority will be given to applications from existing NHS employees who have an at risk status
• This post is on our terms and conditions (T&Cs). If you are an existing employee currently on transferred terms and conditions (i.e. you transferred from another employer and retained their T&Cs) and you are voluntarily applying for this post; if you are successful, you will be employed on our T&Cs
• You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview
• We will notify you by email if you have been shortlisted or not. Computer access is available at your local job centre or library. Please make sure you check your spam filter/junk folder. If any mail goes to your junk folder please mark it as safe
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application
• We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our recruiting managers directly.

Vaccination

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

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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, 111.3KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 160.6KB)
• Policy Statement on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 117.0KB)
• Applicant Information pack (PDF, 505.6KB)
• Hints and tips for your application (PDF, 128.7KB)