Job Summary
If you are looking to work in a friendly, supportive and stimulating environment that challenges your skills and allows you to progress and professionally develop, then this is the opportunity for you. We are based in a vibrant area of the North East which includes historical sites, beautiful coastlines and world-class eateries.
Gateshead CTT are looking to employ a suitably qualified Community Mental Health Practitioner. This is a full-time post (37.5 hours) for a Registered Nurse who must be registered with the NMC.
Main Duties of the Job
Here within the Gateshead Community Treatment Team, there is a real sense of team spirit, and we are looking to add clinicians with this same positive outlook to our already excellent skill set.
The mental and physical wellbeing service is a nurse-led clinic within the Gateshead Community Treatment Team for the ongoing treatment and monitoring of service users with long-term mental health conditions. Service users within the clinic will have reached a level of stability within their recovery, but have ongoing chronic difficulties and risks which require ongoing treatment and monitoring. Appointments are offered on a one-to-one basis within a clinic setting.
The role would be to monitor and review medication including Clozapine, Lithium, high-dose antipsychotic therapy and ensuring care plans meet the associated physical health monitoring requirements. Risk assessment is vital and the ability to assess and refer to other relevant pathways such as enhanced care CPN caseload, Crisis Team, and hospital where indicated. The practitioner will be required to maintain excellent care records in line with care programme approach requirements and maintain excellent communication with GPs.
You will be able to develop your skills by working with service users who have a range of complex mental health needs with associated risk, and you will need to demonstrate experience of being able to plan and deliver in collaboration with service users, families, and their carers.
About Us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented, and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return, we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
We want you to be committed to ensuring that only the highest standards of care are delivered to our service users, their families, and carers. In return, one of our top priorities is looking after our staff so that we have a happy and healthy workforce.
You will need to be clinically experienced, solution-focused, and competent in working with individuals, their families, and carers in a community setting. You should have a collaborative and enthusiastic approach as well as the passion and commitment to develop and promote recovery-based interventions for adults with mental health-related needs.
Job Responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification Essential
* Professional Qualification and current Professional Registration as a First Level Registered Nurse (RNMH, RMN, RNLD) or equivalent as an AHP, Social Worker, or Clinical Psychologist
* Mentor Training.
* Evidence of post-registration training in clinical/psychological interventions/skills relevant to the post.
* Proven track record of post-registration clinical experience relevant to the post.
* Training in CPA (Care Programme Approach), Safeguarding, MAPPA (Multi-Agency Panel for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults), and Child Protection.
* Up-to-date knowledge/experience of relevant legislation.
Desirable
* Post Registration Qualifications in Psychological Interventions
* Experience of working within a community team.
* Non-Medical Prescribing.
Knowledge and Experience Essential
* Proven track record of post-registration clinical experience relevant to the post.
* Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, NMC standards and other local and national initiatives.
Desirable
* Understanding of difficult to manage/challenging behaviours.
Skills and Competencies Essential
* Proven ability to carry out and provide comprehensive written assessments of individuals with complex mental health needs.
* Risk Assessment and Risk Management/Safety Planning skills.
* Demonstrate an understanding of effective & appropriate treatment options including a range of evidence-based clinical approaches as identified in N.I.C.E. Guidance.
* Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
* Evidence of a high level of professional, organisational and leadership skills (self & others).
* Ability to adapt within a changing environment.
* Ability to work under pressure.
Desirable
* Clinical leadership
* Knowledge of the use of anti-psychotic medications
* Training & Induction of staff.
* Delegation skills.
* Debriefing skills.
* Teaching/Presentation skills.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Dryden Road Clinic, Gateshead, NE9 5BY
Employer's Website: https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/
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