Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

Are you an experienced CAMHS or Adult Mental Health Practitioner?

An Exciting Opportunity has become available within the Mental Health Urgent Assessment Centre (MHUAC), and we are inviting applications for a Senior Registered Mental Health Practitioner.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about the Urgent Treatment Pathway and the Mental Health Urgent Assessment Centre. They will be passionate about its development and about supporting service users by accessing a calmer and safer alternative to the Emergency Department for individuals who have no medical need to be there. If successful, you would be delivering high-quality, timely, evidence-based assessments and then developing plans to support patients' safe recovery.

An applicant will already have experience in a Crisis or Acute Mental Health setting.

On successful recruitment, you would be expected to provide professional practitioner supervision, foster effective and therapeutic relationships with service users and professionals, provide expert clinical advice and support, and provide leadership and guidance to the team on shift.

The MHUAC provides a calm and safe alternative to A&E for individuals who have no identified medical need but are experiencing mental distress and need to access support urgently. Service users will be able to access a high-quality and timely assessment that is evidence-based and can then be signposted to appropriate services to support their recovery.

Main duties of the job

To assess the care needs, develop & implement plans of care for those who are experiencing acute mental health deterioration or who are in a state of mental health crisis.

To be clinical leader of the team when on shift.

To provide clinical services that work within the policies, protocols and clinical procedures of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust.

To work as part of a team providing a user-focused, accessible and responsive assessment service that is safe, supportive and competent for people who experience acute mental health problems.

Patterns of working will include days, evenings, weekends, nights & bank holidays.

Provides management supervision to Band 5's and 3's.

To undertake managerial duties in the absence of the team coordinator.

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 arange 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.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.