Employer: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northgate Hospital
Town: Great Yarmouth
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 gross per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/03/2025 23:59
Band 5
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality-driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles; please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
Job overview
We are recruiting a Mental Health Practitioner to join our Community Team in Great Yarmouth.
We want to recruit Practitioners who can join our trust and established Community Team; bringing with them fresh ideas and ambition. We welcome applications from newly qualified Practitioners and will support them through their preceptorship process and future development within the team.
You will need to be enthusiastic and conscientious and do everything you can to provide the best care to our service users. We are looking for someone who displays compassion, empathy, and sensitivity in your approach to people who may be distressed or have a challenging manner.
In return, we offer a supportive multi-disciplinary team environment where you will be encouraged to develop your knowledge of psychosocial interventions and positive health promotion, with first-hand experience of engaging service users.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of this role include:
* Holding a caseload of non-complex service users
* Offering holistic support and monitoring for service users and carers
* Administration of depot medication (if you are a Registered Nurse)
* Attending weekly team meetings, regular reflective practice sessions, and case formulations
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team. Benefits included with this role are:
* A comprehensive in-house & external training programme
* Career progression
* Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* NHS discounts and many more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities. If you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Person specification
Qualifications
* Valid registration with NMC or Professional Registration with Health Care Professionals Council
* Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake mentorship training.
Other
* Ability to travel independently
Experience
* CPA implementation
* Experience in the appropriate area
* Has worked within an MDT setting
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
The Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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