Job summary
The York & Selby West Community Mental Health Team is recruiting a Band 5 Community Mental Health Practitioner.
This is an established team, based in Acomb, working with people of working age, who experience a wide range of mental health difficulties. The team consists of mental health professionals including nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrist. We offer a wide range of interventions to enable the recovery of our service users.
The post is open to nurses, occupational therapists and social workers.
This rewarding post will offer opportunities for continued professional development and training in mental health practice. With the strong links we have with our local universities' post-grad qualifications can be supported throughout your career pathway. You will be offered a robust induction, preceptorship or ASYE supported by clinical supervision to support you during your first year in practice.
We are passionate about teamwork and collective leadership and in creating a great place to work, promoting wellbeing and a positive work life balance.
Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality. A lease car scheme is in operation as well as other NHS staff benefits. The base benefits from being well located within close proximity to local amenities
Main duties of the job
You will work as lead professional to a caseload of service users, offering assessment, support and interventions to people with a wide range of mental health difficulties in the community. Part of this work will include liaising with other services, including inpatient, crisis team and third sector organisations, in order to best enable the recovery and support the safety of service users.
You will also work as duty responder, offering support to service users who contact the service on an ad hoc basis, who may have questions or need additional support.
This rewarding post will offer opportunities for continued professional development and training in mental health practice. A full induction is offered, as well as regular support through clinical and managerial supervision.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, 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 description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Due to the nature of the role it is desirable 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. A lease car scheme is in operation as well as other NHS staff benefits.
Nursing applicants should already hold NMC registration and have successfully completed their preceptorship programme. Please note: Newly qualified Nurses or those due to qualify will be recruited via a separate process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Due to the nature of the role it is desirable 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. A lease car scheme is in operation as well as other NHS staff benefits.
Nursing applicants should already hold NMC registration and have successfully completed their preceptorship programme. Please note: Newly qualified Nurses or those due to qualify will be recruited via a separate process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current professional registration with an approved professional body
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
- For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education or willingness to work towards. Qualification must be achieved within agreed timescale.
- Trained Clinical Supervisor (within agreed timescale).
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidenced based knowledge of best 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
- Understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
- Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
- Awareness of psychological models of care and treatment
Desirable
- Awareness of clinical governance processes
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with mental ill health.
Desirable
- Working in a person centred therapeutic organisation
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
- Working in partnership with other agencies
- Working in a community setting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current professional registration with an approved professional body
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
- For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education or willingness to work towards. Qualification must be achieved within agreed timescale.
- Trained Clinical Supervisor (within agreed timescale).
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidenced based knowledge of best 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
- Understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
- Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
- Awareness of psychological models of care and treatment
Desirable
- Awareness of clinical governance processes
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with mental ill health.
Desirable
- Working in a person centred therapeutic organisation
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
- Working in partnership with other agencies
- Working in a community setting
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).
