A Vacancy at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an exciting and new opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Practitioner to join the Furness Home Based Treatment Team within the Bay locality on a developmental post, the successful candidate will start as a band 5 and works towards achieving a band 6 within 12months.
The Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) offers 24 hour support to service users, and their families/carers, who are suffering from mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute inpatient environment. There is a strong focus on the recovery model, providing therapeutic interventions and risk management skills to allow care to be provided within a community setting.
The Furness Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) are always striving towards excellence in service delivery, ensuring quality is at the forefront of all we do and service users receive the right care at the right time.
If you require further information or an informal discussion please contact us on the details provided.
The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward thinking with the ability to work as part of a Team and in partnership with local services, there will be an expectation that the successful applicant will undertake night duty and uphold the Trust values at all times.
Successful applicants will be provided with a full induction to the team, will be provided with an induction pack outlining our service and ways of working, and will have regular clinical supervision sessions and an opportunity to complete their appraisal focussing on their personal and career development. Furthermore the successful candidate will have the opportunity to complete the in house bespoke development training package to ensure they are fully supported and achieve the competencies as required to become a band 6 practitioner within the HBTT.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Dec 2024