Job summary
Based in Lowestoft at Victoria House. Our forward-thinkingWaveney Mental Health Team are looking for a Band 5 Community Mental Health Practitioner. You will be a qualified professional Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with experience of working in the community supporting working age adults with mental health problems following the Care Programme Approach.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a sound understanding of their role as a Care Coordinator and join our friendly multidisciplinary team of Social Workers, O.T.s and Nurses who are experienced community practitioners. you also will be part of the triage and assessment process within the team for referrals from the GP surgeries and other services. So, you will need to demonstrate robust and sound assessment skills. Your potential team colleagues are Assistant Practitioners, Peer workers, Psychologists, Psychological therapists, Carer's support, Physical health lead, Employment worker, Psychiatrists and Therapists all ably supported by our admin staff.
We welcome you to contact us to discuss more about the role and arrange a time for you to have an informal visit and a chance to meet with members of our friendly, dedicated and supportive team.
Main duties of the job
- To undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care with minimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
- To manage a caseload and the provision of mental health care services to people with mental health care need.
- To be responsible for accurate mental health clustering of all patients on admission, discharge and at review.
- To ensure all mental health clustering information is passed onto other Trust teams or services on transfer of patients.
- To ensure accuracy and quality of mental health clustering activity within the team.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
NSFT is engaged in a process of significant and exciting change with a new Suffolk-wide care group for Children, Young People and Families.
Recent CQC inspection has shown improvements in the services which we plan to build on. This is an exciting time of Transformation of mental health services in Suffolk, creating opportunities for services to recognise and consolidate what they are doing well and also to drive creativity to radically change service delivery. The changes are locally driven, with the aim of embedding mental health services within the community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy Or, Nursing degree or equivalent RN (MH)
- Professional Registration
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work regularly unsupervised
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good verbal and written skills
- Good observation and reporting skills
- Ability to use own initiative
- Clinical Assessment
- Risk Assessment
- Crisis Management
- Problem solving
- Liaison with other professionals
- Prevention and management of suicide training
- Safeguarding training
- PMA
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
- Knowledge of psychosocial interventions
- An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative)
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy Or, Nursing degree or equivalent RN (MH)
- Professional Registration
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work regularly unsupervised
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good verbal and written skills
- Good observation and reporting skills
- Ability to use own initiative
- Clinical Assessment
- Risk Assessment
- Crisis Management
- Problem solving
- Liaison with other professionals
- Prevention and management of suicide training
- Safeguarding training
- PMA
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
- Knowledge of psychosocial interventions
- An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative)
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
