Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for experienced Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers or Occupational Therapists with a genuine passion for supporting those in mental health crisis, to complete the recruitment to our Connection team. We value all our team and offer a financial recruitment and retention premium worth over £3000 on this post.
Connection is moving forward and this is an exciting time to join us for the next stages of our service development; increasing face to face community assessment work, and working collaboratively with partner agencies to ensure people in mental health crisis receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Based at St Ann's Hospital, with a sea view from the office, Connection is Dorset's 24/7 open access mental health crisis service.
This is a diverse role with new challenges each day: Direct clinical assessments, advice and support, supervise our fantastic mental health support workers, give clinical advice to other agencies and emergency services, co-ordinate urgent and emergency responses, and liaise with a range of internal and external services.
We are committed to professional development and support, offering internal and external training/education programmes and supervision.
This is a 24/7 service with shift patterns including weekends, bank holidays and nights. All reasonable flexible working requests will be considered. This is an on-site only post with no option for working from home.
Main duties of the job
1. Telephone and face to face mental health assessments, brief clinical interventions and support, signposting and referrals.
2. Validating, de-escalating crisis and coaching people in distress tolerance and emotional regulation strategies.
3. Providing clinical information, advice and support to other professionals and emergency services.
4. Supervising and supporting the Mental Health Support Workers within the team providing guidance and support.
About us
This role includes a £3,000 Recruitment Premium lump sum on commencement of employment and thereafter a further £1,500 Retention Premium per annum (pro-rata), paid in equal monthly instalments provided you remain in post and subject to review by the Trust.
At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know.
Job responsibilities
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND TRAINING
* Registered practitioner to degree/diploma level supplemented by post registration diploma level specialist training and/or short courses or demonstrable extensive experience in the relevant specialty.
* Membership of the relevant Professional Body.
* Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training.
* Evidence of recent professional development in an up to date portfolio.
* Non-Medical Prescriber (if professionally appropriate).
JOB SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE
* Experience at Practitioner Band 5 level.
* Experience of specialist working.
* Experience of managing change.
* Experience of developing specialist programmes of care for an individual or groups of patients/clients and of providing highly specialist advice.
* Ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively.
* Recent previous experience within a comparable role.
MANAGERIAL / SUPERVISORY
* Experience of providing clinical supervision and mentoring to junior staff.
* Experience of devising and delivering training.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
* Experience of using electronic patient/service user record systems.
* Able to analyse data and produce reports using Microsoft Excel and Word.
PERSONAL QUALITIES/ATTRIBUTES
* Experience of planning and organising complex activities.
* Knowledge and understanding of legislation relevant to practice.
* Demonstrable leadership qualities and the ability to perform as a role model.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
* Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to a standard which enables the post holder to carry out the full range of duties and responsibilities of the role effectively.
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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