Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

A newly developing Darlington Gateway Team are seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join the transformation of the service. The Gateway Team provides front end work including assessment, depot management, one to one interventions, groups and much more. The successful practitioner caseload sizes will generally be under 15 patients which will be a mix of long term patients on depot injection/117/CTO and patients that are offered one to one intervention work for to 12 weeks. This post will offer you a vast array of skills within the team but also working closely with our agencies outside of TEWV, social care and others.

You will need to be enthusiastic and highly motivated with experience in assessments and delivery of care for patients in a community setting. You will have access to caseload/clinical/management supervision within the team and will work closely with other professionals in the multi-disciplinary team. As a Senior Practitioner you will provide supervision to others and lead the team in delivery of patient care.

The community services run a in house training programme every year to encourage all staff in self development, which in turn provides high standard of patient care.

Main duties of the job

To improve the lives of people with mental ill health by minimising the impact of their condition through the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and well being.

To be compassionate in meeting the needs of patients and their carers.

To work as part of a community team which may be integrated, workingcollaboratively and in partnership with local authority services.

To be professionally accountable and responsible for patient care undertaking a range of clinical/therapeutic interventions in patients' homes and other community settings.

To promote social inclusion, community access and participation through the provision of patient care.

To be committed to and involved in activities integral to the Trust's QualityImprovement System.

To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental ill health.

To promote at all times a positive image of the Adult Mental Health Service and the wider Trust.

About us

Working for TEWV NHS Trust you can expect fantastic training & development opportunities with the strong links we have developed at our local universities'. Post-grad qualifications can be supported throughout your career pathway in mental health practice, as well as clinical skills or leadership & management skills, that can lead onto more senior roles within the organisation, helping you to identify and build upon a career pathway. Future planning is supported by the Trust's Talent Management and Workforce Development Team, so we can continue to build upon our commitment of being well led and to deliver excellent care to our communities in either leadership & management or clinical practice modules.

We are passionate about teamwork here at Darlington and in creating a great place to work. We can consider flexible working patterns and part time roles with a focus on 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 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.