Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner with £3k welcome bonus

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

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Job summary

Are you a Senior Mental Health Practitioner looking to work as part of a collaborative, developing community team based on the outskirts of Norwich?

Hello, my name is Nicole Smith & I am the Service Manager here at the City Community Mental Health teams based at The Anchorage, Norwich.

Our forward-thinking community mental health teams are seeking a band 7 Senior mental health practitioner to join their team on an initial fixed term 12-month contract.

We are currently improving on how we work, to ensure that our team can provide an excellent service to our local communities; we have recently invested in numerous clinical lead posts to support our current multi-disciplinary teams.

As Senior mental health practitioner, you'll play a key role within the clinical leadership team supporting the team to ensure in our service users are on the right treatment pathways as part of their recovery plan. You will work with the service user, carers, external agencies & other services to ensure the service received is streamlined and cohesive.

It is the ideal time to join our collaborative team as we transform & develop the way we work -although this is a full-time role, we can be flexible & can offer some hybrid working &/or flexible working patterns if needed.

I welcome you to contact me to discuss more about the role & arrange a time for you to visit the CMHT base & a chance to meet with members of our friendly, dedicated & supportive team.

Main duties of the job

As a band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner, you will be part of the senior clinical leadership team supporting the CMHT, your role will include triaging of new referrals, completing complex assessments and care planning, delivering caseload supervision and supporting discharges. You will hold a small caseload of service users with complex mental health conditions that require ongoing care and treatment from secondary mental health services.

You'll be working alongside a large multi-disciplinary team so being able to work well in a team and having excellent communication skills is vital. You'll get the opportunity to work with students from various disciplines as well as supervising other members of the team so having good leaderships skills is also vital. As part of the clinical leadership team, you will be involved in improving our service as part of community transformation, and we are looking for the ideal candidate to be innovative and excited by change. You can expect a thorough induction and training period, as well as opportunities for ongoing development.

Now is the perfect time to join us, as we have new clinical leadership roles imbedded with the team, which increases the clinical support available.

The ideal candidate should have experience in working in a mental health environment and ideally experiencing in working in community teams. You'll be motivated, compassionate, a good leader, and keen to ensure our service users receive the best possible outcomes.

About us

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Date posted

06 December 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year gross per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

246-NNN4717192-B

Job locations

City Anchorage - Julian Hospital Site

Bowthorpe Road

Norwich

NR2 3TD


Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

*** This post attracts either a £3,000 recruitment premium or a £5,000 relocation allowance. This is a one-off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment. ***

Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

*** This post attracts either a £3,000 recruitment premium or a £5,000 relocation allowance. This is a one-off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment. ***

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Mental Health Nursing
  • Studies/studying at Masters Level

Desirable

  • Post qualification learning

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with in Adult mental health setting

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a CMHT environment

Leadership

Essential

  • Experience of working in a leadership role

Desirable

  • Experience in delivering clinical supervision
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Mental Health Nursing
  • Studies/studying at Masters Level

Desirable

  • Post qualification learning

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with in Adult mental health setting

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a CMHT environment

Leadership

Essential

  • Experience of working in a leadership role

Desirable

  • Experience in delivering clinical supervision

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

City Anchorage - Julian Hospital Site

Bowthorpe Road

Norwich

NR2 3TD


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

City Anchorage - Julian Hospital Site

Bowthorpe Road

Norwich

NR2 3TD


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Service Manager

Nicole Smith

nicole.smith@nsft.nhs.uk

03001234178

Date posted

06 December 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year gross per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

246-NNN4717192-B

Job locations

City Anchorage - Julian Hospital Site

Bowthorpe Road

Norwich

NR2 3TD


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