Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a candidate that enjoys variety and excels in providing support for complex patients?
Do you possess an exceptional clinical skill set that helps in making a difference?
An exciting opportunity has risen for a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join the Community Rehabilitation and Recovery Team across Durham and Darlington. Due to recent investment you will be joining us at an exciting time to develop the service to meet the requirements of the Community Mental Health Framework (CMHF).
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual who is able to work with the wider MDT, voluntary sector and third sector organisations.
The Community Rehabilitation team operates between the hours of 8am - 6pm across 7 days including bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
Key skills and responsibilities will include working in rotation with other senior practitioners within the team to carry out rehabilitation assessments to determine the needs of the individual and how these can be met by the team. You will be responsible for having oversight of rehabilitation bed availability and supporting patient flow from inpatient settings as well as working alongside community mental health teams in assessing service user needs for community rehabilitation interventions. This will guarantee continuity of care for service users transiting into and out of rehabilitation services. You will be responsible for coordinating and delivering an individualised support package that will enhance their skills and keep them safe and well in the community. Effectively liaising with referring agents will be crucial within your role. The role will involve producing robust treatment reports and recommendations in accordance with Trust and local policies.
It is essential that you exemplify excellent interpersonal skills as they will be paramount when establishing close working relationships with all appropriate agencies and networks in the field of Mental Health, locally, regionally and nationally. There will be an expectation that you will have a small clinical caseload working alongside the Community Rehab and Recovery team in delivering specialist rehabilitation interventions.
About us
We will support you by providing a positive working experience within our team and service, with the commitment of giving you access to opportunities that will be essential in your professional development. Furthermore, you are guaranteed throughout to receive robust supervision and appraisals, talent management and access to training opportunities. There will also be exciting opportunities to help support service development beyond the team and across the locality.
A lease car scheme is available and enhancements as the team provide a 7-day service working 365 days of the year. We are looking for highly motivated staff who will lead the way as role models within the team, demonstrating compassionate leadership. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, proactive and flexible, having the ability to work on their own initiative and be able to communicate with internal and external agencies relevant to patient care. You must be able to demonstrate best practice in community mental health service delivery.
We are a team that is compassionate, inclusive, and committed to working together to provide excellent care to support our community.
Job responsibilities
This role would be befitting for a candidate registered as a mental health nurse, occupational therapist or social worker that would then familiarise themselves and work in the Durham and Darlington Community Rehabilitation and Recovery Team.
18 months post-qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework is essential.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Current professional registration with an approved professional body.
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
* For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
* 18 months post-qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
* Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
Experience
* Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a care environment.
* Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
* Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate.
* Mentoring or facilitating students on practice placement.
* Working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Knowledge
* Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for patients in the designated field.
* Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
* Detailed understanding of safeguarding.
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.
Address
Inglewood, Lanchester Road Hospital Site
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