Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner

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Job summary

We are Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH), an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!

We are seeking to recruit a dynamic, organised, and enthusiastic Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner to join our vibrant and faced pace organisation. Could this be the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!

This is a full-time position, offering 37.5 hours per week.

We offer the following employee benefits:

  • NHS Pension
  • Free Parking
  • Gym Access
  • An inclusive working environment
  • Learning and development opportunities

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate 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.

Details

Date posted

18 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Pro-rata for Part Time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-23-0434

Job locations

Building 10

Hightown Barracks

Wrexham

LL13 8RD


Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

  • Providing a rapid, timely and high quality mental health service to all patients referred to the DCMH for assessment and treatment of mental health problems and implementing changes as and when necessary.
  • Managing a clinical caseload delivering optimum personal and professional standards to assist the care process in accordance with DCMH protocols and clinical governance.
  • 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.
  • Initiating and participating in clinical supervision, case conferences/care meetings where mental health clinical input is required. Presenting patients seen to the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) for guidance, support, supervision, training.

Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.

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. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.

Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.

Defence Medical Services - YouTube

Please copy and paste the link into your browser to access the video.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity 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.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

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.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:

  • 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

In addition, at interview, you will be required to give a short presentation and/or case study.

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.

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. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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.

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 to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

  • Providing a rapid, timely and high quality mental health service to all patients referred to the DCMH for assessment and treatment of mental health problems and implementing changes as and when necessary.
  • Managing a clinical caseload delivering optimum personal and professional standards to assist the care process in accordance with DCMH protocols and clinical governance.
  • 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.
  • Initiating and participating in clinical supervision, case conferences/care meetings where mental health clinical input is required. Presenting patients seen to the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) for guidance, support, supervision, training.

Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.

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. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.

Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.

Defence Medical Services - YouTube

Please copy and paste the link into your browser to access the video.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity 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.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

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.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:

  • 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

In addition, at interview, you will be required to give a short presentation and/or case study.

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.

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. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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.

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 to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional knowledge acquired through degree plus relevant experience in mental health.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in a Community Mental Health setting
  • Demonstrable experience of using NICE recommended psychological interventions.

Registrations and Memberships

Essential

  • Nurse (Mental Health) with Nursing Midwifery Registered Council with a demonstrable experience working at Band 5 or above
  • Registration with relevant professional body: you are expected to have the skills required to work as a registered professional and adhere to the
  • HealthCare Professionals Council (HCPC) Code of Conduct.

Provide a CV

Essential

  • Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
  • Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional knowledge acquired through degree plus relevant experience in mental health.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in a Community Mental Health setting
  • Demonstrable experience of using NICE recommended psychological interventions.

Registrations and Memberships

Essential

  • Nurse (Mental Health) with Nursing Midwifery Registered Council with a demonstrable experience working at Band 5 or above
  • Registration with relevant professional body: you are expected to have the skills required to work as a registered professional and adhere to the
  • HealthCare Professionals Council (HCPC) Code of Conduct.

Provide a CV

Essential

  • Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
  • Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Address

Building 10

Hightown Barracks

Wrexham

LL13 8RD


Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Address

Building 10

Hightown Barracks

Wrexham

LL13 8RD


Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

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Details

Date posted

18 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Pro-rata for Part Time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-23-0434

Job locations

Building 10

Hightown Barracks

Wrexham

LL13 8RD


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