Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

B6 Mental Health Practitioner

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Mental Health Practitioner in Guildford Mental Health Safe Haven.

We are seeking to find a Mental Health Practitioner who can come and make a difference by contributing to the triage, assessment and treatment of people experiencing a mental health crisis and their carers by ensuring that a right service is provided, at the right time with the best outcome.

You will be required to work in partnership with non-statutory organizations aimed to provide more integrated, preventative care.

This post is for 15 hours a week to be worked over 3 days (1800hrs-2300hrs).

Main duties of the job

This a unique innovative service that is putting mental health needs of services users at the forefront. You will be responsible for providing assessments of services users attending the Safe Haven in crisis and to informally interact with services users who may present for support.

You will assist the Team Manager in developing and maintaining the quality of the support, including monitoring high standards of service user care and developing areas of clinical excellence / best practice and a therapeutic & compassionate caring culture.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Date posted

13 December 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,391 to £42,503 a year incl. Fringe HCAS (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

C9325-22-6497-3

Job locations

Oakleaf Enterprise

101 Walnut Tree Close

Guildford

Surrey

GU1 4UQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide available for assessment whenever service users or carers requires.

To ensure individuals are directed to the primary or secondary care service which is best suited to meet their needs.

To reduce the likelihood of duplicate assessments for individuals.

To work closely with referrers providing expert guidance and support with a view to increasing the threshold of acuity of mental ill health cases managed in primary care (in line with a stepped model of care).

To provide care and support in a comfortable and relaxed non clinical environment

To triage referrals and undertake crisis assessments, and routine interactions (where required).

To harness the concept of alternative provision to A& E attendances in order to relieve pressure in General Hospitals and to advise service users on opportunities for providing care closer to home as a viable alternative to hospital admission.

To liaise with the key services or the out-of-hours Social Services Emergency duty team, in order to arrange Mental Health Act assessments where needed.

To manage a crisis caseload, contributing to the development of a comprehensive care package and delivering evidence-based interventions for a time- limited period, in order to reduce the likelihood of the crisis episode reoccurring and to increase resilience.

To develop comprehensive care packages for service users who have received a face-to-face assessment and signpost them as required by the, Community Mental Health Teams and the Adult Acute Care Services.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide available for assessment whenever service users or carers requires.

To ensure individuals are directed to the primary or secondary care service which is best suited to meet their needs.

To reduce the likelihood of duplicate assessments for individuals.

To provide care and support in a comfortable and relaxed non clinical environment

To triage referrals and undertake crisis assessments, and routine interactions (where required).

To liaise with the key services or the out-of-hours Social Services Emergency duty team, in order to arrange Mental Health Act assessments where needed.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Post registration experience of providing a range of evidence-based interventions to people with a variety of mental health problems and serious mental illness
Demonstrable expertise in complex assessment of people with mental health issues

Qualifications

Essential

RMN registration

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Post registration experience of providing a range of evidence-based interventions to people with a variety of mental health problems and serious mental illness
Demonstrable expertise in complex assessment of people with mental health issues