Community Mental Health Practitioner

Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

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Job summary

This is a new permanent role created to help us deliver our plans to transform our community mental health services, as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The transformation of our community mental health services will lead to truly integrated health and social care for adults in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey who have serious mental illness.

Our transformation plans are supported by £25m in funding and will mean the roll-out over the next three years of multi-disciplinary teams of experts working within the new Primary Care Networks and offering wraparound, holistic care to our service users and the wider community. Our aim is to support the whole person as they live with, or recover from, mental illness and to offer them support with other challenges they may face, such as debt, relationship problems, housing, education or training. We will also focus resources on reaching those who currently face obstacles in getting the help they need.

Main duties of the job

1. Carry overall responsibility for the management of a caseload, as an RMN, acting as the Health Care Practitioner (HCP) and lead in the care of those we look after.

2. Deliver effective care and treatment that is carried out within a multidisciplinary framework and in collaboration with other agencies.

3. Involve service users and their carers in planning care that includes all of their individual and diverse needs.

4. Design individual programmes of care collaboratively with patients to maximize self-management and social inclusion and reflect their own goals and aspirations. Review and adjust plans according to changing service user needs.

5. Provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions using developed interpersonal skills such as CBT or psycho-education.

About us

At Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Community and Mental Health Trust our staff and service users have worked closely to create a set of values that make sure people who use our services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery.

The Trust's values are:

Compassion
Respect
Being Positive
Working together

By coming to work at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust you will be joining a multiple award-winning, combined mental health (MH) and community Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services. We are one of the largest employers in North London with over 3000 staff delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million.

We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored.Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where youcan thrive and succeed.

Date posted

04 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,701 to £48,054 a year Per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

306-BEH-1057

Job locations

Lucas house

305-309 Fore street

Edmonton

N9 0PD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.

Person Specification

Education & Qualification

Essential

NMC registered RMN /AHP/Occupation Therapist. Must be currently registered with appropriate professional body. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience

Desirable

Additional qualification relevant to role.

Experience

Essential

Experience of multi-agency/professional working including working in community mental health setting. Experience of working with service users using recovery and enablement model of care

Desirable

Experience of using dialog plus, managing varied clinical caseloads, case presentations at funding panels

Knowledge skills and Ability

Essential

Knowledge of relevant legislative laws, guidelines and policies,

Desirable

Experience of working with service users using recovery and enablement model of care

Other

Essential

Car user or ability to commute using public transport

Desirable

working remotely/agile working

Person Specification

Education & Qualification

Essential

NMC registered RMN /AHP/Occupation Therapist. Must be currently registered with appropriate professional body. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience

Desirable

Additional qualification relevant to role.

Experience

Essential

Experience of multi-agency/professional working including working in community mental health setting. Experience of working with service users using recovery and enablement model of care

Desirable

Experience of using dialog plus, managing varied clinical caseloads, case presentations at funding panels

Knowledge skills and Ability

Essential

Knowledge of relevant legislative laws, guidelines and policies,

Desirable

Experience of working with service users using recovery and enablement model of care

Other

Essential

Car user or ability to commute using public transport

Desirable

working remotely/agile working

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).