Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Mental Health Practitioner

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Job summary

We are delighted to be recruiting a Mental Health Professional within the Central Norfolk Youth Service for young people aged between 14-25 years old.

We are looking for a professional with either a Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy qualification - who will provide mental health assessment and intervention to the people we support. It is a role that is about building relationships, inspiring others, and working as part of a vibrant and skilled team.

If you're inspired to offer support through difficult times, and to help young people and families to thrive, then you may be the right person for our team.

We are open to accommodate a variety of working patterns including part time applicants.

Main duties of the job

This is currently an exciting time for our team, as we develop our service to meet the needs of our young people in Norfolk.

In our service we support young people (aged 14-25 years) who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. We have enthusiastic and skilled staff who provide the support that is needed - and they are motivated to make a real difference to young people, their families and carers.

Whilst experience working with children and young people would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas of mental health. We understand that you will be able to bring with you a wealth of skills and experience to the team and would welcome fresh ways of thinking.

In this role you will be responsible for assessing the mental health of young people, and collaborating with them to plan their recovery. Going forwards this could involve providing interventions to the young people you support, or helping them to find other services inside and outside of our team.

We will want to hear your voice throughout your work with us, so it's also crucial that you help us with developing our service by contributing to project groups, and by helping other members of the team to grow through supervision and peer-mentoring.

About us

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 professional 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

04 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year gross per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

246-CEN6965913

Job locations

80 St Stephens Road

Norwich

NR1 3RE

Job description

Job responsibilities

ROLE SUMMARY

To take a clinical role in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of services for clients.

To contribute and participate in multi-disciplinary team assessment.

To be involved in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of person-centred care planning and person centred formulations.

To provide a first line response to referrals, providing where necessary a health and social care needs assessment or meeting the needs already identified in a health and social care needs assessment.

As named nurse to ensure accurate mental health clustering is carried out on admission, discharge and at reviews.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Ensure that nursing practice is person centred and, as far as possible, promoting the direct involvement of patients and carers in the development of the plan of care from admission to discharge.

Ensure that clinical practice is consistent with the Care Programme Approach.

Identify personal learning and training needs through appraisal and personal development plans linked to service needs.

Take responsibility for ensuring that personal nursing practice is informed by relevant local and national developments and is evidenced based.

Under the direction of the Ward Manager/Senior Practitioner, participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities.

Regularly undertake research and development and clinical trials, as necessary to own work.

Carrying out Risk Assessment Act as the named practitioner for a group of patients with ultimate responsibility for providing an individualized plan of care for each patient.

Delegate appropriate tasks to junior staff where appropriate.

Effective management/co-ordination of shifts.

Share information with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, either verbal or written.

Attending appropriate meetings.

Use available resources effectively.

Provide and receive clinical supervision as per Trust guidance.

Act as a mentor to students within all professions.

Participate in recruitment, selection and induction of junior staff.

Report and record incidents, complaints and accidents involving patients, staff or visitors in accordance with Trust and Service Standards.

Ensure that personal appearance, practice and manner conform to the Standards and expectations of the Trust and are in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct.

Ensure compliance with the regulations in respect of the storage and administration of drugs pursuant to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973.

Ensure compliance with the Trust and Service policies for the care of patients valuable and ensuring awareness amongst other staff of Standing Financial instructions and others relevant guidance documents.

Maintain a professional Therapeutic relationship/boundary with patients, carers and colleagues.

Report any untoward incidents, accidents or complaints involving patients, relatives/carers or staff to the worker in charge of the area.

Maintain a general knowledge of current ward, service and trust arrangements, operational policies, clinical objectives, procedures and overall philosophy and working in accordance with these.

Ensure good working relationships with all disciplines, contributing to the effective running of the ward by engaging in ward discussions and attending appropriate meetings.

Be aware of personal limitations and role boundaries.

Induct new starters to the work environment.

Attend mandatory and non-mandatory in-service training sessions and refresher courses as required by the trust and as identified in the PDP process.

Undergo IT training and utilise basic IT skills as necessary including intranet, computerized self-rostering and electronic stores ordering.

Carry out basic administrative tasks as required such as photocopying, faxing and the making and receiving of phone calls.

Carry out PMA interventions

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.

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