Senior Mental Health Practitioner

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board.

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

Are you a Qualified Mental Health Professional looking for an exciting opportunity to work in a team that will help you to develop and achieve your goals? Oldham Urgent and Emergency care by appointment is recruiting for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner.

UECA (urgent and emergency care by appointment) offers urgent appointments (within 72hrs) to service users who require a prompt response, following attendance at A&E, contact with the Joint Response Vehicle, contact with the Pennine Care 24hr Help-Line their GP and NWAS.

The purpose of the UECA service is to ensure people receive the right care and treatment in the right place, at the right time. The service aims to alleviate pressure on A&E departments by diverting those service users whose clinical presentation does not require an immediate assessment within the A&E system, but there is an identified clinical need
for an urgent assessment.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will ensure all service users have access to a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment to meet their individual needs, including making any necessary onward referrals.

You will provide a high standard of clinical assessment ensuring that there is a collaborative agreed plan made with every patient assessed and that this is articulated to the patient's GP and any other relevant service/team.

The service operates 8am-8pm, 7 days a week and posts will be on rotational shift basis.

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

• Screening and triage of all referrals into the UECA service and offering rapid assessments based on clinical need and risk
• Undertake robust mental health assessments for people referred utilising your highly developed clinical skills, assessing mental health using a biopsychosocial model and completing risk assessments collaboratively to ensure a safe discharge with onward referrals and appropriate packages of care.

Person specification

Education / Qualification

Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) / Social Worker / OT with current registration
• Short courses and experience to post graduate diploma level
• Completion of Preparation for Mentorship / Practice Teacher / Fieldwork Educator qualification or willingness to complete
• Evidence of ongoing / recent CPD

Desirable criteria

• Non-Medical Prescribing
• Brief psychosocial interventions
• Educated to degree level
• Training related to management skills, teaching, staff development

Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial post registration experience at Band 5 or above
• Proven experience of working with clients with complex needs
• Experience of multidisciplinary working in mental health care with complex cases
• Experience of working to objectives and meeting deadlines, within a performance management framework
• Demonstrate a working experience of a range of assessment tools for a range of mental health conditions

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in a community settings Experience of working within acute mental health service Experience of supervising junior staff Experience of supporting individuals who misuse alcohol or drugs Experience of delivering training / teaching to other professionals Experience of service development / managing change

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Sound knowledge of evidence based contemporary mental health practice Sound knowledge base of holistic risk assessment and management. Good understanding of the impact of physical and mental health comorbidities. Sound working knowledge of Mental Heath Act and Mental Capacity Act Legislation and DOLS.

Desirable criteria

• Have knowledge of the range of services available for individuals locally. Awareness of a range evidence based interventions Awareness of the value of research / audit and quality improvement

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Skills in Assessment / Care Management and planning Ability and skills to undertake comprehensive risk assessment and formulation of risk management plans including supporting patients who self harm or are in a neglectful state. Ability to undertake Bio / Psychosocial assessments across a range of patient groups and age profiles Ability to formulate clear discharge plans across a range of patent groups and age profiles Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a wide range of people including patients carers and other professionals Ability to work autonomously, prioritise and manage own workload Good organisational, problem solving and time management skills and an ability to work under pressure Ability to supervise staff, set standards, monitor performance and promote staff development Have IT literacy skills Possess a positive attitude to change and commitment to service development Be able to work as an effective member of the multidisciplinary team

Desirable criteria

• Leadership skills / abilities Ability to use IT systems across PCFT

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.

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, 126.0KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 100.7KB)
• 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)