Main area: Senior Mental Health Practitioner
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: 6 months (Secondment or fixed term contract until end of March 2025)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Over 4 days)
Job ref: 311-O582-24
Employer: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Oldham Hospital Forest House
Town: Oldham
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/10/2024 09:00
About the Trust
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will ensure all service users have access to a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment to meet their individual needs, including making any necessary onward referrals.
You will provide a high standard of clinical assessment ensuring that there is a collaborative agreed plan made with every patient assessed and that this is articulated to the patient’s GP and any other relevant service/team.
The service operates 8am-8pm, 7 days a week and posts will be on rotational shift basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Screening and triage of all referrals into the UECA service and offering rapid assessments based on clinical need and risk.
* Undertake robust mental health assessments for people referred, utilising your highly developed clinical skills, assessing mental health using a biopsychosocial model and completing risk assessments collaboratively to ensure a safe discharge with onward referrals and appropriate packages of care.
Person specification
Education / Qualification
* Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) / Social Worker / OT with current registration.
* Short courses and experience to post graduate diploma level.
* Completion of Preparation for Mentorship / Practice Teacher / Fieldwork Educator qualification or willingness to complete.
* Evidence of ongoing / recent CPD.
* Non-Medical Prescribing.
* Brief psychosocial interventions.
* Educated to degree level.
* Training related to management skills, teaching, staff development.
Experience
* Substantial post registration experience at Band 5 or above.
* Proven experience of working with clients with complex needs.
* Experience of multidisciplinary working in mental health care with complex cases.
* Experience of working to objectives and meeting deadlines, within a performance management framework.
* Demonstrate a working experience of a range of assessment tools for a range of mental health conditions.
Knowledge
* Sound knowledge of evidence based contemporary mental health practice.
* Sound knowledge base of holistic risk assessment and management.
* Good understanding of the impact of physical and mental health comorbidities.
Skills and Abilities
* Skills in Assessment / Care Management and planning.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a wide range of people including patients, carers and other professionals.
* Ability to work autonomously, prioritise and manage own workload.
* Good organisational, problem solving and time management skills.
* Ability to supervise staff, set standards, monitor performance and promote staff development.
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