Community Mental Health Practitioner

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced and enthusiastic registered mental health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to join Grantham CMHT.

As a Community Mental Health Practitioner, you will manage a caseload, having the opportunity to provide a range of specialist mental health assessments and evidence-based, recovery-focused interventions. You will work collaboratively as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team with people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties and complex presentations, their carers and other agencies, enabling them to access mental health specialist support.

This is an exciting time to join the trust; in LPFT we are forging ahead in our community transformation plans that aim to offer a dynamic, localised approach that is responsive, evaluated & tailored to local need, targeting health inequalities. The community mental health team will be central to this focus, and this role will be significant in aiding the team to move towards an integrated care system and seamless working.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.
2. To manage case-load and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements.
3. Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage and where appropriate change their behavior.
4. Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet people's identified needs and manage their inherent risk.
5. To assess carer and family's needs and develop, implement and review programs of support for carers and families.
6. To maintain accurate and timely clinical records.
7. To adhere to codes of professional conduct and ethics, as well as associated legislation.
8. To develop clinical practice having due regard to NICE guidelines and other best practice guidance.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Job responsibilities

The successful post holder will be expected to demonstrate a strong commitment to high quality patient care, good organisational skills and be able to demonstrate prioritisation of work.

In return, we will offer a comprehensive trust induction, regular supervision and appraisal and the opportunity for continued professional development. You will be part of a friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary team.

As an employee of the trust, we can offer several benefits including lease care scheme, home electronic scheme, staff wellbeing support, free eyesight tests and early access to physiotherapy.

For detailed information, please see attached Job Description and Person Specific information.

If you would like the opportunity to discuss the role, please contact Emma Barrass, service manager: emma.barrass@nhs.net

Person Specification

Experience

• Relevant experience of working with adults with mental health needs or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both community/in-patient.
• Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Skills and Competences

• Sound knowledge of national agenda for mental health.
• Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
• Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team.
• Ability to work independently and collectively.
• Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
• Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes.
• Highly developed communication skills.

Qualifications

• Recognised Professional Qualification in Registered Nursing (RMN, RLDN), Social Worker (CQSW, DipSW), Occupational Therapy RVN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent.
• ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent.
• Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice.
• Registered with a professional body e.g. NMC, UKCP, HCPC, BACP.
• Management training.

Special Requirements

• Ability to travel independently across the county.

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.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust