Main area: Senior Mental Health Practitioner (Core Profession Essential) Grade Band 6
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (0.8 WTE Weekdays 9-5)
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (Days can be flexible, weekdays only.)
Job ref: 350-CC6804021
Employer: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre
Town: Prescot
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/12/2024 23:59
Interview date: 13/12/2024
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a well motivated Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join the Knowsley CYPMHS team. We have one 12 month fixed term contract available which covers 0.8 wte (4 days per week).
You will have high standards of care and provide assessment, treatment and care co-ordination of children and young people referred into the service.
You will be expected to work as a member of the MDT and also be able to work well independently to provide person centred, evidence based care at all time.
Main duties of the job
* To accept referrals of children and their families.
* To assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions that are agreed with the child and caregiver in accordance with best practice.
* Ensure comprehensive risk assessment of children, young people and families and that risk management plans are in place and documented.
* To review plans on a regular basis and discuss in clinical supervision any issues that needs addressing.
* To liaise with other agencies in terms of information gathering and sharing.
* To inform local child protection co-ordinator and senior clinicians of any concerns regarding protection issues.
* Use audit/outcome measures to measure change/quality in accordance with CYPMHS procedures.
* To organise own caseload and work schedules in agreement with Senior Nurse/Clinician.
* To see families/children in the setting most appropriate for effective and efficient care.
* Undertake clinical procedures, including the measurement of physical characteristics relevant to their treatment plan e.g. blood pressure, weight etc.
* Monitor and record/report effects and side effects of any other prescribed psychotropic medication.
* Engage and support service users and carers utilising evidence based psychotherapeutic principles.
* Prescribe and deliver evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Professional Qualification
* Degree or equivalent level of experience
* Post Graduate or equivalent level of experience
* Experience of working with children and young people
* Experience of working within Mental Health
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
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