Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Bishop Auckland; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job description

Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner to join our Community Mental Health Teams in Bishop Auckland and the Dales, to work with older people with mental health problems. This will be 30 hours per week on fixed term basis.

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced practitioners to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, specialising in work with Older Adults. Applications are welcome from those with Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy registrations. As a senior practitioner you will have a genuine interest in collaborative working with older adults experiencing functional and/or organic mental health problems including their Carers and families.

Candidate must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.

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 your own caseload, providing assessments, care co-ordination and delivering intervention in the community/care homes 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 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.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham, Tees Valley, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job responsibilities

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.

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

Applicants must ensure that prior to applying they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis. In the event that permanent funding is secured for this post the successful applicant will be confirmed in post on a permanent basis.

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.
• 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
• For registered nurses: Non-medical prescriber

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
• Mentoring or facilitating students on practice placement.
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Quality improvement activities
• Leadership or management experience

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.
• Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
• Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice.
• Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
• Research and development methodology
• Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata, per annum