Associate Practitioner (Band 4) – Brent Community Mental Health Team
This is an opportunity for 1x Permanent Associate Practitioner and 1x Fixed Term(12months) Associate Practitioner.
Do you enjoy a challenge?
Then a job with Brent Community Mental Health Team is for you! If you are a creative and flexible person, able to work on your own initiative and interested in assisting in the continuing development of our team, then read on…
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Band 4 Associate Practitioner to work within Brent Community Mental Health. Based in the London Borough of Brent, this is a fantastic opportunity to work in a challenging and diverse role. You will be joining an experienced and friendly multi-disciplinary team in a supportive working environment and be committed to providing a high quality of service to our population.
There is a strong commitment to promoting your professional development. You will be supported by clinical and management supervision and will be given the opportunity to develop and enhance clinical skills through appraisal and a personal development plans.
To be considered for this post you will need to have a positive, hopeful and can do attitude. You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and an ability to work under pressure. You will have knowledge and experience of caring for people with mental illness and be passionate about mental well-being.
The post holder will be expected to work as a member of the multidisciplinary Locality Teams with a focus on enablement and out-reach work to support service users towards their recovery journey. The role will be key in supporting people with emerging and long term mental health conditions with regards to mental and physical health outcomes, social care and social inclusion.
You will be joining an experienced and friendly multi-disciplinary team in a supportive working environment and be committed to providing a high quality of service to our population. There is a strong commitment to promoting your professional development. You will be supported by clinical and management supervision and will be given the opportunity to develop and enhance clinical skills through appraisal and a personal development plans.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
The post holder will contribute to the growth and maintenance of key functions of the clinical area by carrying out assigned tasks, involving direct and indirect care to service users, under minimal supervision and as directed by the Senior Practitioners/Team Leaders.
Following personal development planning and targeted training, the competent practitioner will be in a position to work more autonomously in supporting service users. As a result you will have developed a broad underpinning knowledge at intermediate level, and have the ability to evaluate information and communicate effectively with a range of professionals.
To support members of the Brent Community Mental Health Team in ensuring a high standard of nursing and social care. To provide direct physical and psychological care to a designated group of service users through participation in the care planning, provision and evaluation of service user needs under the supervision of trained staff.
To assist in the provision of a community mental health care service to the residents of Brent.
This advert closes on Sunday 9 Feb 2025
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