Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to appoint toBand 7 Senior Practitionerto support the Crisis and Home Treatment team in Milton Keynes.
We are looking for a qualified Mental Health practitioner with significant experience of working in SPA, crisis or community services. If you have the equivalent experience, then we would welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will have highly developed clinical leadership skills and expert knowledge in the care of mental health crisis. The post holder will lead and provide day to day management in the team reporting to the Crisis and Home Treatment manager.
You will use your management skills and experience to provide operational support to a team flexibly, efficiently and within allocated resources to ensure that the highest quality of service is provided to users.
The successful candidate will be supported and line managed by the Team Manager and will work alongside the members of the MDT including Consultants, Nurses, Social Worker, support worker, OT's and Psychological services, to support service users.
We can provide training and supervision and can offer you a great learning environment where you can continue to develop your therapeutic skills.
About us
We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Senior Practitioner will provide expert advice, line management, clinical leadership, caseload management, supervision and training to the team and will be responsible for ensuring the consistent provision of high quality mental health care to people in mental health crisis in the community.
The post holder will work closely with the Team Manager to ensure the effective management and development of the service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Senior Practitioner will provide expert advice, line management, clinical leadership, caseload management, supervision and training to the team and will be responsible for ensuring the consistent provision of high quality mental health care to people in mental health crisis in the community.
The post holder will work closely with the Team Manager to ensure the effective management and development of the service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- UK Professional qualification in nursing, occupational therapy or social work. Valid and current registration with governing body HCPC/NMC.
- Evidence of further professional development
- Teaching (clinical practice) qualification/certificate or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Leadership/ management qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidenced based clinical interventions relevant to the service.
- Relevant specialist clinical courses/training.
- Models of care and treatment relevant to working with people in mental health crisis.
- Evidence of continuing professional development. Sound knowledge of ? Mental Health Act ? Care Act ? Mental Capacity Act
Desirable
- Clinical examination, history taking, pharmacology, pathophysiology etc.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post registration experience at Band 6 or above in a mental health setting relevant to service.
- Demonstrable experience of managing staff
- Demonstrable senior clinical/clinical management experience in a mental health setting
- Multi agency working/working across interfaces
- Demonstrable experience of undertaking teaching, training and clinical supervision and appraisal for other staff.
Desirable
- Experience of working with housing associations and landlords Project management experience
- Experience of placement reviews
- Knowledge of housing benefits, LA housing systems and processes
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Assessing, formulating and working with people presenting in heightened state of distress.
- Communicating (oral and written) complex/highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Clinical risk assessment and contingency planning
- Promote meaningful user/carer involvement
- Recognise own abilities and limitations and be willing to engage in & learn from reflective practice
Desirable
- Advanced computer skills
- Brief psychological interventions/ strategies for managing crisis
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- UK Professional qualification in nursing, occupational therapy or social work. Valid and current registration with governing body HCPC/NMC.
- Evidence of further professional development
- Teaching (clinical practice) qualification/certificate or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Leadership/ management qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidenced based clinical interventions relevant to the service.
- Relevant specialist clinical courses/training.
- Models of care and treatment relevant to working with people in mental health crisis.
- Evidence of continuing professional development. Sound knowledge of ? Mental Health Act ? Care Act ? Mental Capacity Act
Desirable
- Clinical examination, history taking, pharmacology, pathophysiology etc.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post registration experience at Band 6 or above in a mental health setting relevant to service.
- Demonstrable experience of managing staff
- Demonstrable senior clinical/clinical management experience in a mental health setting
- Multi agency working/working across interfaces
- Demonstrable experience of undertaking teaching, training and clinical supervision and appraisal for other staff.
Desirable
- Experience of working with housing associations and landlords Project management experience
- Experience of placement reviews
- Knowledge of housing benefits, LA housing systems and processes
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Assessing, formulating and working with people presenting in heightened state of distress.
- Communicating (oral and written) complex/highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Clinical risk assessment and contingency planning
- Promote meaningful user/carer involvement
- Recognise own abilities and limitations and be willing to engage in & learn from reflective practice
Desirable
- Advanced computer skills
- Brief psychological interventions/ strategies for managing crisis
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).
