Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner

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Job summary

The Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) at Stanford Hall is an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our hardworking personnel.

Are you a Band 6 Mental Health Nurse looking for a captivating role, working alongside the military, that offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If so, we would love to hear from you!

This is a part time role, offering 28 hours a week.

You will feel valued as a Mental Health Practitioner within DMRC, receiving access to outstanding rewards and employee benefits including:

NHS Pension
An inclusive working environment
Learning and development opportunities
Free parking
Access to gym and swimming pool
Wonderful grounds and shop

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing flexible and individualised care packages to meet the mental health (MH) needs of military personnel.

You will aspire to work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to provide a specialised, occupationally focused, mental health service within a psychological rehabilitation setting. You will require robust clinical risk assessment skills and be willing to gain a solid understanding of the occupational role and needs of individuals presenting to the service.

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.

Date posted

13 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year Pro-rata for part time.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

K0003-25-0075

Job locations

D M R C

Stanford Hall Estate

Stanford On Soar

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE12 5BL

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 Psychological Wellbeing Service (PSW). This will include assessment and treatment of mental health problems and implementing changes as clinically indicated.
Managing a clinical caseload delivering optimum personal and professional standards to assist the care process in accordance with Defence Mental Health Services protocols and clinical governance.
Providing clinical and educational resource to the various rehabilitation teams within DMRC and offer advice on mental health matters, the administrative management of personnel with mental health difficulties and when required to assist within the team in mental health promotion.
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.
Conducting clinical risk assessments on all patients seen, evaluating the safety of the patient and be able to manage/ advise on risk.
Engaging in clinical supervision, case conferences/care meetings where mental health clinical input is required.
Presenting patient updates to the PWS MDT for guidance, support and training.

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

Selection Process:

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

Leadership
NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
NHS Health and Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions and treatments

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

Further Information:

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

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

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.

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If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence 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 post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.

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.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative,Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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 contactdbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use ofall tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.