Job summary
We are recruiting for a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner who wish to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place".
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic clinician, with experience of working in children's services, to join our Community, Children and Adolescent Mental Health Team (CAMHS) team on the Isle of Wight. The IOW NHS Trust community CAMHS team is CQC rated Good, the team is a multidisciplinary team of 40 staff who provide services to children and young people on the Island that are experiencing emotional health and wellbeing difficulties.
This dynamic clinician will work within the IOW Community CAMHS Team. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide specialist support and intervention to children, young people and their families within a range of settings including; home, the children's ward, the Acute Adult Ward, and other community settings to support recovery and deliver interventions in the least restrictive environment.
They will be passionate about ensuring the child's voice is central to the work they do and work in partnership with families and other agencies to achieve the outcomes desired by the child or young person.
Main duties of the job
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values areCompassion,Accountable,Respect andEveryone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
About us
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
To provide a service to children and young people age 0-18 and their families that are experiencing emotional health and wellbeing difficulties. We are a multidisciplinary community mental health clinic that provides support, consultation and training to universal and targeted childrens services. We provide primary and specialist mental health and eating disorder services in the community and to inpatient treatment services as required. To provide high quality care and treatment in conjunction with other professionals and work in partnership with other agencies to provide seamless, flexible services which meet service user and carer need.
Job Statement
The post holder will be responsible, together with the wider team, for providing care, interventions and health promotion to people with severe mental health problems in the community and eating disorders. The post holder will also undertake a supervisory role in respect to multi-disciplinary junior team members and work alongside the multi-disciplinary team and Team Leader on clinical issues such as therapeutic approaches and care co-ordination The post holder will also be expected to work as an autonomous practitioner, as well as taking all opportunities to become actively involved in training and teaching programmes, both within the Trust and the wider community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
To provide a service to children and young people age 0-18 and their families that are experiencing emotional health and wellbeing difficulties. We are a multidisciplinary community mental health clinic that provides support, consultation and training to universal and targeted childrens services. We provide primary and specialist mental health and eating disorder services in the community and to inpatient treatment services as required. To provide high quality care and treatment in conjunction with other professionals and work in partnership with other agencies to provide seamless, flexible services which meet service user and carer need.
Job Statement
The post holder will be responsible, together with the wider team, for providing care, interventions and health promotion to people with severe mental health problems in the community and eating disorders. The post holder will also undertake a supervisory role in respect to multi-disciplinary junior team members and work alongside the multi-disciplinary team and Team Leader on clinical issues such as therapeutic approaches and care co-ordination The post holder will also be expected to work as an autonomous practitioner, as well as taking all opportunities to become actively involved in training and teaching programmes, both within the Trust and the wider community.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN with live NMC registration. Allied Health Professional Psychologist Occupational therapist or Social worker with appropriate current registration
- Evidence of on-going development and post registration training.
- Post registration training in evidence based psychological treatments.
Desirable
- Formal PgCert qualification in recognised psychological therapy Supplementary or Independent non-medical prescribing qualification.
Aptitudes and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to present ideas with clarity and in a persuasive and influential style
- Ability to manage and prioritise effectively own time and clinical caseload.
- Ability to work effectively in crisis situations in order to maintain the safety of both staff and clients
- Knowledge of and ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Communication Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Ability to communicate effectively across multi-disciplinary groups
- Excellent Interpersonal skills/communication skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN with live NMC registration. Allied Health Professional Psychologist Occupational therapist or Social worker with appropriate current registration
- Evidence of on-going development and post registration training.
- Post registration training in evidence based psychological treatments.
Desirable
- Formal PgCert qualification in recognised psychological therapy Supplementary or Independent non-medical prescribing qualification.
Aptitudes and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to present ideas with clarity and in a persuasive and influential style
- Ability to manage and prioritise effectively own time and clinical caseload.
- Ability to work effectively in crisis situations in order to maintain the safety of both staff and clients
- Knowledge of and ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Communication Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Ability to communicate effectively across multi-disciplinary groups
- Excellent Interpersonal skills/communication skills
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).
