Community Mental Health Practitioner
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Care Co-ordinator working within the Early Intervention in Psychosis Team based at Parklands House in Basingstoke. The role will involve working across the Mid and North of Hampshire area. The work is varied and interesting and there is a strong team approach ensuring good support for the successful applicant. The role requires lone working, use of initiative and a commitment to team working and service user empowerment. There will be an opportunity to develop your skills working in this specialist team and to maximize your knowledge of working with psychosis. The post holder will be from a mental health nursing background. You will need to be able to work flexibly and to demonstrate knowledge of the CPA process, risk assessment, and the recovery model. This post involves weekend and bank holiday working on a rota basis as per service user need.
Main duties of the job
To provide care co-ordination for people in the first three years of a psychotic illness. To provide specialist evidence based clinical interventions to young people and their families in conjunction with early intervention core team specialists and Support Time and Recovery (STR) workers and community partners. To support delivery of care in accordance with the Access and Waiting Times Standards/ NICE approved interventions for an Early Intervention in Psychosis Service and the Psychosis Pathway.
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.
Details
Date posted
02 August 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year Based on full time hours
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
348-MNH-C-1147A
Job locations
Parklands House
London Road
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG21 4AP
Employer details
Employer name
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Parklands House
London Road
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG21 4AP
Employer's website
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