Main area: Adult Mental Health Services
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Part time hours will be considered)
Job ref: 346-NYA-178-24
Employer: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Windsor House
Town: Harrogate
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 (pro rata) per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/11/2024 23:59
Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner
Band 6
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced practitioners to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. As a senior practitioner you will have a genuine interest in collaborative working with people of varying ages and complex needs, including service users, their carers, and families.
The team is closely linked with the local mental health transformational programme and is working closely with third sector initiatives as well as developing internally.
The Harrogate Integrated Community Team is based in the picturesque Spa town of Harrogate, in walking distance of the famous Valley Gardens and 5 minute walking distance of the town, free parking, and links to easily accessible road links to Leeds, Harrogate, York, and Thirsk.
The team has a full multi-disciplinary offer with daily on-site support from Psychology, Psychiatry, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, and Social Work professionals.
Main duties of the job
As a registered professional, you will be responsible for your own caseload, providing assessments, care coordination, and delivering intervention in the community with people who have complex needs, ranging from mild to moderate level of need to severe and enduring level of need and complexity. You will ensure that the service users’ recovery goals are identified and central to their safety plans, promoting social inclusion, independence, and well-being.
You will have an enthusiastic approach towards your own personal and professional development. In return, you will receive regular appraisal, clinical, management, and caseload supervision and will benefit from the support of an experienced and committed multi-disciplinary leadership team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
18 months post-qualifying experience including sign-off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework is essential.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Current professional registration with an approved professional body.
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
* For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education.
* Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator, or equivalent.
* Key skills in literacy, numeracy, and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent).
* 18 months post-qualifying experience including sign-off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
* Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area.
* For registered nurses: Non-medical prescriber.
Experience
* Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a care environment.
* Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
* Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate.
* Mentoring or facilitating students on practice placement.
* Leadership or management experience.
* Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community environment.
Knowledge
* Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for patients in the designated field.
* Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
* Care Programme Approach and its application in practice.
* Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
This job advert may close as soon as sufficient suitable applications have been received. If interested please apply for this post as soon as possible.
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