Band 6
Main area: Mental Health Practitioner - First Response Service
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 373-SMH2148-D RR
Site: Congleton Library
Town: Congleton
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/02/2025 23:59
Job overview
We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000.
The relocation package is for anyone who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply.
This is an exciting opportunity for a full-time Mental Health Practitioner within our Home Treatment Team based in Congleton. The successful applicant will be expected to work across Urgent Care Mental Health First Response Services, which will include Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Teams, Liaison Services, Street Triage Services, Liaison and Diversion Services, and the Crisis Triage and Response Service.
Main duties of the job
The role of a Practitioner is to work within a multi-disciplinary team, providing a comprehensive assessment of people presenting in crisis. You will undertake detailed assessments of people’s needs and use your clinical skills and knowledge to provide intervention and treatment.
Working for our organisation
CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health, and all-age disability care.
We are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We promote equality and diversity and develop a culture that values differences.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description for full details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence and values. CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Recognised qualification in mental health – RMN, AHP, Psychology, Social care (AMHPs)
* Evidence of further professional development involving serious mental illness.
* Willingness to undertake and complete nurse prescribing certificate.
* Non-medical Prescribing certificate
Knowledge and Expertise
* Knowledge and sensitivity to equal opportunities issues.
* Sound knowledge of current professional staff development and continuous service improvement issues.
* Information Management and Technology skills.
Experience
* A good amount of post-registration experience or demonstrated competencies through Personal Development Plan
* Multi-disciplinary team work.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Contact Information
Name: Sally Hartley
Job title: Team Manager
Email address: Sally.Hartley1@nhs.net
Giving you time to care, space to think and opportunity to grow
We are Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). We provide health and care services for local people.
At CWP, we believe in giving our staff the time to care, the space to think, and the opportunity to grow.
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