Community Mental Health Practitioner

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Calling Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioners! Do you have a passion for working with older adults?

If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

Based at Parklands House, London Road, Basingstoke, the Older Adults CMHT offers assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and support for people with a deterioration in cognition and/or dementia and over 65's who present with functional mental health illnesses. We work closely with carers and other services, such as Adult Health and Social Care and with the voluntary sector, particularly Andover Mind.

Applicants must have a driving licence suitable for use in the United Kingdom and access to a vehicle for work purposes. Our working hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:00.

If you have the above qualities and are interested in finding out more about this exciting opportunity, please contact Anke Muylaert or Joanne Godfrey on 01256 376 451.

Main duties of the job

The CMHT is a lively, dynamic, and supportive multi-disciplinary team which provides care coordination and recovery focused care for individuals with complex and challenging mental health needs.

You will need excellent assessment and communication skills. In addition, you will carry a caseload and participate in the team's duty system. As a senior clinician, you will need to work alongside other agencies to promote holistic recovery focused care as well as producing reports, supervising staff and running clinics as necessary.

You will need to be able to work autonomously in the community and use your own initiative. The successful candidate will have sound clinical skills, be able to coordinate complex care, have good administration and IT skills, as well as good report writing, organisational skills and working knowledge of CPA processes and safeguarding.

We will ask for a high level of commitment, motivation and knowledge working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems and/or dementia.

In return you will have a fulfilling and varied role within a welcoming team. You will receive active support and opportunities for personal and professional development. As a registered professional you will automatically become a member of our Academy of Clinical Excellence (ACE) which has a specific focus on the professional development and career progression of our nurses and Allied Health Professionals.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Date posted

05 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year based on full time hours

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-MNH-3838

Job locations

Parklands House

London Road

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG21 4AP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Registered Nurse, Mental Health Practitioner or Occupational Therapist
*Recognised Mentorship qualification (applies to nurses) or preparedness to undertake this within agreed timeframe
*Post registration experience

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Registered Nurse, Mental Health Practitioner or Occupational Therapist
*Recognised Mentorship qualification (applies to nurses) or preparedness to undertake this within agreed timeframe
*Post registration experience

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.