Employer North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type NHS
Site The hope Centre
Town Stoke on Trent
Salary £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 15/04/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and dynamic band 5 practitioner to come and join the CAST Team. CASTT is our service which supports service users with complex emotional needs in order to develop skills in order to work towards their recovery. The team offer psychological interventions including SCM and MBT. The band 5 role will primarily be focused on short term key working in order to support service users to address any practical barriers to engaging in therapy. There will be opportunity to develop within the role, including accessing SCM training, taking part in SCM skills groups, undertaking coaching calls and engaging in all the psychological support structures delivered to the therapies team. Successful candidates will work well as part of an MDT approach, be calm and resilient and have strong risk management and reflective skills.
Main duties of the job
· To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary community team providing Mental Health Assessment, Treatment and interventions to services users with a diagnosed of Personality Disorder or those who have significant indicators of the disorder.
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of Treatment and recovery based care programmes and the setting of standards of care to service users and their families.
The maintenance of positive working relationships and liaison with other departments, agencies and bodies both internal and external to the trust is critical to the successful application of this role.
Working for our organisation
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045. As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To have the responsibility for the delivery of Mental Health services to specific individuals.
· Coordinating clinical activity, liaison with the wider Adult Community Mental Health Teams and other appropriate teams, services and agencies.
· Immediate problem solving and decision making and contributing to long term planning for future developments both within the immediate clinical area and within the service area.
· To ensure that the values and principles of the organisation and of the service area are translated into the philosophy and operational policy of the clinical team and that these are evident in everyday practice.
Person specification
Qualifications
Experience
* Knowledge of adult community nursing
Knowledge
* Knowledge of various approaches to mental health assessment
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is an equal opportunities employer and values diversity. We offer a variety of flexible working opportunities for both full and part time staff. Job Share applicants will be fully considered and applications are particularly welcomed from current and previous service users.
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PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING POINTS
* In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above in order to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.
•Priority will be given to NHS staff across the region who are at risk of redundancy, where the vacancy is at the same band or one below their current band and candidates meet the essential criteria for this post.
•All employees new to the Trust will be subject to a 6 month probationary period.
•All clinical staff bands 2-4 that are new to the Trust will be required to complete a Care Certificate.
Canvassing of members of the Trust or of any Committee of the Trust directly or indirectly for any appointment under the Trust shall disqualify the candidate for such appointment. The Trust does not pay travel expenses for candidates attending interviews.
ALL POSTS INVOLVING ACCESS TO PERSONS IN RECEIPT OF HEALTH SERVICES WILL BE SUBJECT TO A DISCLOSURE & BARRING SERVICE DISCLOSURE.
Please provide full contact details for all referees, especially their email addresses where possible. Failure to do may result in significant delays in your application. There may also be a requirement to provide additional referee details.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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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