Community Mental Health Practitioner (Band 6) - Mental Health - Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust – Blandford Forum, Dorset
Are you a reliable, committed, dynamic, and motivated professional with excellent communication and organisational skills, and the ability to prioritise work?
Blandford Community Mental Health team seeks a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner or a Band 5 looking to gain training, experience, and support, to then move into a Band 6 post on completion. This post offers a great opportunity for newly qualified practitioners or those working in an inpatient setting looking for a change.
As a Mental Health Practitioner, you will provide care delivery which considers people's safety, privacy, and dignity. You will provide interventions, assessments, and treatments, manage patients on a caseload, and plan, implement and review health improvement programmes in a range of settings.
You will work within a supportive established integrated multi-disciplinary team made up of a Psychiatrist, Nurse prescriber, Mental Health Practitioner, Social Workers, OTs, Support Time Recovery Workers, and Psychologists.
The Community Mental Health Practitioner role is full-time Monday to Friday and based in Blandford, covering the surrounding villages. A valid driving licence and use of a car are required as you will be assessing and monitoring patients in their own homes and within other community settings.
You will be supported in your clinical work and professional development by an experienced Mental Health Nurse, with ongoing close and supportive supervision from the Team Leader together with an agreed programme of training and development.
Having experience working in a community mental health environment would be useful, but not essential; you will need to apply the philosophies of engagement and recovery within your work with service users.
If undertaking this post as development, please read both job descriptions attached for more information on the role requirements.
We welcome informal discussions and visits. Please contact Sarah Harrison, Team Leader at ***************@nhs.net or on 01258 450610.
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.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do, and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities, and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.
Working with us, you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion, and expertise in all we do.
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.
Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.
Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.
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