Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

Wales Medicines Strategy Group; Malton; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job description

Main area: Adult Mental Health Services

Grade Band: 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days per week 9am - 5pm)

Job ref: 346-NYA-042-25

Employer: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Princess Road Clinic

Town: Malton

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 07/04/2025 23:59

Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

Band 6

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a community-based multi-disciplinary team working across Malton and Ryedale in North Yorkshire.

This post would be an ideal developmental post for someone looking to develop their community assessment and intervention skills. Anyone applying from a different environment that is looking to develop their skills would be supported by the leadership team members to ensure their well-being is maintained.

As a senior practitioner, you will have a genuine interest in collaborative working with people of varying ages and complex needs, including service users, carers, families, and our partners including statutory and voluntary agencies.

The successful candidate will participate in a range of interventions including triage, complex assessments, risk management, and deliver evidence-based psychological well-being interventions (training will be provided) to support a purposeful service user journey.

The successful candidate may also be required to provide ongoing coaching support, clinical and caseload supervision to junior colleagues and wider members of the MDT.

Main duties of the job

As a registered professional, this is an ideal opportunity for someone who wants to develop their leadership and clinical skills in a community setting. As a core member of the team, you will also be responsible for delivering interventions in the community with people who have complex needs, ranging from mild to moderate level of need to severe and enduring level of need and complexity. You will ensure that the service users’ recovery goals are identified and central to their safety plans, promoting social inclusion, independence, and well-being. You will demonstrate excellent assessment skills, interpersonal, and team working skills and be able to work collaboratively with a range of statutory and third sector agencies.

You will have an enthusiastic approach towards your own personal and professional development. In return, you will receive regular appraisal, clinical, management, and caseload supervision and will benefit from the support of an experienced and committed multi-disciplinary leadership team.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Current professional registration with an approved professional body.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
• 18 months post-qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
• Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator, or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy, and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent).
• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area.

Experience

• Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a care environment.
• Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
• Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate.
• Mentoring or facilitating students on practice placement.
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Quality improvement activities.
• Leadership or management experience.
• Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community environment.

Knowledge

• Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for patients in the designated field.
• Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g., Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
• Care Programme Approach and its application in practice.
• Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice.
• Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
• Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
• Research and development methodology.
• Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment.
• The Trust’s Quality Improvement System (QIS).

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

Visits to the team are welcome and encouraged. Please call Patrick Appleby-Reid on 01653 696661 for further information regarding the post.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.