An Amazing Opportunity: Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) –Change lives!
We are looking for the very best mental health practitioner to work with our client in East of England. If you’re looking for your next challenge, congratulations! You’ve just found it!
Here are the top-level details:
Job Title: Mental Health Practitioner
Band 6
Location: Cambridge
Duration: 3 months
9-5 Monday to Friday
Start Date: ASAP
Rate of pay: £26 p/h umbrella days
Must holder a Valid Full UK Drivers License
A Day in the Life in an older adult team:
As a Mental Health Practitioner specialising in adults, you will play a crucial role in delivering NHS community mental health services. Your responsibilities will include:
The post holder will offer interventions, advice and support on telephone and undertake first response face to face crisis assessments in a variety of settings. They will ensure that service users receive the most appropriate care and treatment following triage and assessment, referring to the most appropriate mental health provision or signposting to the relevant services. This may include providing intensive community based treatment/support services as an alternative to in-patient admission, brief interventions or pathway planning.
The post holder will deliver the gatekeeping function for admission to inpatient mental health units and offer in reach work in wards to facilitate discharges. They will plan, implement...