Are you an experienced mental health practitioner looking for a fulfilling role in a supportive and dynamic team?
The OPMH Community Team in North Devon is seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our dedicated team that provides high-quality assessment and treatment for clients aged 65 and over, managing functional mental health and dementia presentations.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide specialist mental health assessments and therapeutic interventions to individuals in their own homes or in residential settings across North Devon.
* Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the best outcomes for service users.
* Manage a caseload, ensuring that clinical priorities are met with professionalism and compassion.
What We're Looking For:
* Proven experience working in mental health, ideally within Older People's Mental Health (OPMH).
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a genuine passion for working with older adults.
* Strong time management skills and the ability to manage a caseload effectively, ensuring high-quality care.
* Ability to travel across North Devon to meet the demands of the role.
* Flexibility in working arrangements, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities in this rural locality.
* Strong leadership and clinical expertise, supporting junior team members and promoting best practice.
Main Duties of the Job:
* Undertake assessments of new clients and provide care planned interventions to your caseload.
* The team works with 4 primary care networks, each at different stages of implementing Community Mental Health Framework developments.
* Commitment to supporting staff in their career development and wellbeing.
* The main base for the team and location for weekly MDT meetings is at Bideford Hospital, with additional desk space at Barnstaple Health and Wellbeing clinic.
About Us:
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing.
We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.
Our Values:
We recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trust's core values, including commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, and showing respect, dignity & compassion.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community.
Job Details:
Date posted: 14 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: C9369-25-0228
Job locations: Bideford Hospital, Abbotsham Road, Bideford, Devon, EX393AG
Qualifications:
Essential:
* A professional mental health qualification and registration e.g. RMN, Social Work Degree or equivalent, BSc/Diploma in OT, SROT.
Desirable:
* Chartered Clinical Psychologist, ENB 811/812 or Community Nursing Degree.
* Non-Medical Prescriber and/or another recognised therapy qualification.
* Postgraduate qualification relevant to specialism.
* Clinical Supervision qualification.
* Training to level 3 in Safeguarding Adults and children and young people.
Experience:
Essential:
* Substantial experience of managing an extensive and complex caseload of clients with a range of complex mental health presentations.
* Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
* Mentoring students in line with professional requirements.
Desirable:
* Providing clinical supervision.
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
* Participation in user involvement in services.
* Experience of delivering model based psychological therapy.
Skills and Abilities:
Essential:
* Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health presentations.
* Ability to assess and develop plans to manage risk.
* Ability to be mobile across a geographical area in a timely manner.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check:
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration:
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer Details:
Employer name: Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address: Bideford Hospital, Abbotsham Road, Bideford, Devon, EX393AG
Employer's website: https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/
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