Community Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

Petersfield & Bordon a diverse area with a vibrant community. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner to join our local Older Peoples Community Mental Health Team. The post involves working in Petersfield & Bordon providing skilled assessment & treatment interventions to older people with mental health problems. The post is based across the area.

To be a successful applicant you will need to be a registered Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker with experience in the care of older people with mental health problems. You must have a genuine interest in working with older people and be able to demonstrate a real commitment to providing high quality and compassionate care to patients and their families. You will play an important role within our team as we aspire to provide excellent patient care and develop our services in line with national and local drivers.

There is a strong multidisciplinary focus within the teams and you will be integral to the implementation of programmes of care and evaluating and communicating effectively with other parts of the service. You will also be expected to provide supervision to junior members of the team and mentorship responsibility to support student nurse learning. A full driving license is required.

In return for your flexibility and commitment we can offer excellent training and personal development support.

Main duties of the job

To act as care co-ordinator to an agreed caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental illness.

To undertake ongoing assessment, treatment and evaluation for service users known to the service.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chase Community Hospital

Conde Way

Bordon

Hampshire

GU35 0YZ

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chase Community Hospital

Conde Way

Bordon

Hampshire

GU35 0YZ

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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