Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting and new opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Practitioner to join the Home Based Treatment Team within the Fylde coast locality on a developmental post. The successful candidate will start as a band 5 and work towards achieving a competency framework to allow progression to band 6.
The Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) offers 24-hour support to service users and their families/carers who are suffering from mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute inpatient environment. There is a strong focus on the recovery model, providing therapeutic interventions and risk management skills to allow care to be provided within a community setting.
The HBTT is always striving towards excellence in service delivery, ensuring quality is at the forefront of all we do.
Successful applicants will be provided with a full induction to the team and will have regular clinical supervision sessions with opportunities for personal and career development. Furthermore, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to be supported by a mentor within the team to meet competency frameworks set to become a band 6 practitioner within the HBTT.
Main duties of the job
You will be a mental health (MH) practitioner working within a multidisciplinary team and carry out a diverse range of duties. You will be expected to work across a 7-day service which includes both day and night shifts.
The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward-thinking with the ability to work as part of a team and in partnership with local services. There will be an expectation that the successful applicant will undertake night duty and uphold the Trust values at all times.
As a Band 5 MH practitioner within the team, you will be regularly supported and supervised by a nominated Band 6 Nurse and will be encouraged to take personal responsibility for clinical supervision and your continued professional development plan.
You will actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence, and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and Code of Conduct.
You will provide support to the nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment, formulation, planning, and monitoring of care given to service users.
You will exercise professional accountability and responsibility using skills, knowledge, and expertise in changing environments, across clinical boundaries, and in unfamiliar situations as outlined within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
You will be required to offer clinical and managerial leadership to non-registered staff and nursing associates.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health, and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria, and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, believing that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time, and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information, please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Education
* Registered Mental Health Nurse
Experience
* Demonstrate understanding of Mental Health difficulties.
* Demonstrate understanding of Health & Safety policies, procedures, and effects on practice.
* Experience of assessing, planning, implementing, and reviewing care needs.
* Experience of acting as a mentor/assessor of student nursing staff.
* Some experience of supervising others.
Skills & Knowledge
* Knowledge and experience of CPA.
* Demonstrate understanding of how research has influenced their practice.
* Can demonstrate the ability to manage change.
* Able to demonstrate and understand the concept of community care and the need to develop good networks.
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.
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