Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Health Care (DPHC), we are inclusive and dedicated, working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!
We are looking for an experienced Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner to join our encouraging and friendly Mental Health team located at HM Naval Base, Portsmouth.
The position offers 37.5 hours per week and requests to work flexibly will be considered, taking into account business needs.
Could this be the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you.
We offer the following employee benefits:
NHS Pension
Free parking
Access to gym
Learning and development opportunities
Inclusive working environment
Main duties of the job
As the successful post holder, you will provide a rapid, timely and high-quality mental health service to all patients referred to the Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) for assessment and treatment of mental health problems and implementing changes as and when vital.
The post holder will provide flexible and individualised care packages to meet the mental health (MH) needs of military personnel with mental health problems.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
Receiving, appraising, and advising on the direct referrals for mental health problems from relevant General Practitioners/Medical Officers GP/MO.
Providing initial assessment and formulation of the mental health and treatment needs for referred patients, planning, implementing, and evaluating care with a high level of autonomy.
Delivering up to date, evidence-based interventions for mental health problems based on guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Treatment Agency (NTA), which can include individual, group and tele-therapy.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for role requirements in further detail.
To be eligible to be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Selection Process
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application.
At interview, candidates will be tested against the following NHS competency framework:
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK1 Information Processing
- NHS General NHS G6 People Management
Please ensure the required skills, qualifications and memberships are demonstrated in your application.
Travel to interview costs will not be reimbursed.
Further Information
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
We will consider requests to work flexibly, taking into account business needs.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to do so may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. For more information copy and paste the following into your browser or search gov.uk: Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Please ensure you have read all the details in the important information link prior to applying.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
Receiving, appraising, and advising on the direct referrals for mental health problems from relevant General Practitioners/Medical Officers GP/MO.
Providing initial assessment and formulation of the mental health and treatment needs for referred patients, planning, implementing, and evaluating care with a high level of autonomy.
Delivering up to date, evidence-based interventions for mental health problems based on guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Treatment Agency (NTA), which can include individual, group and tele-therapy.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for role requirements in further detail.
To be eligible to be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Selection Process
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application.
At interview, candidates will be tested against the following NHS competency framework:
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK1 Information Processing
- NHS General NHS G6 People Management
Please ensure the required skills, qualifications and memberships are demonstrated in your application.
Travel to interview costs will not be reimbursed.
Further Information
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
We will consider requests to work flexibly, taking into account business needs.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to do so may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. For more information copy and paste the following into your browser or search gov.uk: Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Please ensure you have read all the details in the important information link prior to applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse or graduate level professional with background in mental health.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post-qualification training and experience in at least 2 evidence based psychological therapies and accredited or eligible for accreditation from a recognised body (BABCP, BACP, UKCP) OR Registered Mental Health Nurse with a demonstrable experience working at Band 5 or above. Experience of working in a Community Mental Health setting. Demonstrable experience of using NICE recommended psychological interventions OR must possess a Postgraduate/Graduate certificate in evidence based psychological treatments with demonstrable experience in a community mental health role.
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Registered with one the following regulatory bodies: NMC, HCPC.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse or graduate level professional with background in mental health.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post-qualification training and experience in at least 2 evidence based psychological therapies and accredited or eligible for accreditation from a recognised body (BABCP, BACP, UKCP) OR Registered Mental Health Nurse with a demonstrable experience working at Band 5 or above. Experience of working in a Community Mental Health setting. Demonstrable experience of using NICE recommended psychological interventions OR must possess a Postgraduate/Graduate certificate in evidence based psychological treatments with demonstrable experience in a community mental health role.
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Registered with one the following regulatory bodies: NMC, HCPC.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
