Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

Are you passionate about providing high standard care to people experiencing acute mental illness in the community? Would you like to make a real difference to people and an exciting move in your career?

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our friendly, dynamic and busy multi-disciplinary team. Our team provides comprehensive assessment and intensive home treatment and delivers time specific, high quality and recovery focused care to adults experiencing a mental health crisis. We offer an alternative to hospital admission and support with early discharge and therefore work closely with our inpatient and community team colleagues to ensure an effective transition of care across the acute care pathway.

You can expect to work for a robust, well-established team with strong values in a positive working environment. As a team we prioritise staff wellbeing and progression and offer regular supervisions, reflective practice and in house education sessions.We offer a 24/7 service, 365 days a year.

If you would like to know more about this role or you would like to come and visit us then please make contact on the attached details.

Please note this is a part time position for 22.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

To ensure the provision of intensive community-based treatment, as an alternative to hospital admission.

To answer calls from service users of the crisis team and making calls to triage referrals and prompt medication where indicated although some shifts during the day may be required to provide home treatment, depending on the needs of the service.

To answer calls from the Mental Health Out of Hours advice line, document these appropriately and inform the relevant teams.

To review referrals from other agencies such as mental health liaison teams, emergency services, safe havens, out of hours GP and screen these appropriately.

To work closely with the inpatient units ensuring the effective transition of care across the acute pathway, this could involve some aspects of bed management and facilitating early discharges where possible.

To offer support, advice and input to services we work closely with such as the Safehaven Crisis Lounge and The Lookout Crisis House.

To work in a 24-hour, 7 day a week service, on a shift basis.

To proactively work in accordance with the principles of social inclusion, promoting independence and recovery.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tatchbury Mount

Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2RZ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tatchbury Mount

Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2RZ

Employer's website

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

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