Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1. Providing Mental Health assessment, risk assessment and formulation of the mental health and treatment needs for referred patients; acting as care-coordinator.
2. Provide recommendations for maintaining maximal employment, applying an occupational health matrix.
3. Initiating and participating in regular clinical supervision, case conferences/professionals' meetings where mental health clinical input is required.
4. Present patients to the MDT for guidance, support, supervision and training.
5. Acting as a clinical resource and liaise with Medical Officers/General Practitioners (MO/GP) and offer advice to Unit Commanders on mental health matters, the administrative management of personnel with mental health difficulties and mental health promotion.
6. Participating in Healthcare Governance processes to ensure maintenance of DCMH obligations to continuing CQC inspections and Safe and Effective Practise.
7. Communicating, where appropriate, on occupational information directly with service persons chain of command whilst respecting the principles of patient confidentiality (Caldicott).
Please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the role and its requirements.
Selection Process: The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, a short presentation or case study will be required, alongside this you will also be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
* NHS Health & Wellbeing-HWB2-Assessment & Care Planning
* NHS Health & Wellbeing-HWB6-Assessment & Treatment Planning
* NHS Health & Wellbeing-HWB7-Interventions & Treatment
* NHS Information & Knowledge-NHS IK1-Information Processing
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
Additional Information: To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date and interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs. 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.
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.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments.
Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements. 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).
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply.
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 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 of all 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.
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