ARRS Mental Health Practitioners

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are really excited to be developing our integrated community services and look forward to welcoming you to a hardworking and dedicated teams.

Across Lancashire we have roles within all our integrated care partnerships (ICP) in the following areas:

• East Lancashire including Blackburn

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• oRegistered Mental Health Professional with current registration with the relevant body (eg NMC, HCPC)
• oEvidence of continuing personal learning and development

Knowledge

Essential

• oIn-depth understanding of risk assessment and risk management
• oExperience of managing complex caseloads
• oExperience of delivering evidence based mental health interventions
• oExcellent understanding and application of the therapeutic relationship and boundaries
• oUnderstanding of pharmacological interventions and side effects

Experience

Essential

• 2 year post-registration experience including completion of preceptorship and post preceptorship experience to demonstrate experience outlined below: oWorking in various settings within the NHS with knowledge of primary care. oManaging a caseload. oDemonstration of high quality patient care and documentation including experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs oDelivery of various evidence-based therapeutic approaches in the care and treatment of patients oEffectively acting as a mentor/assessor for student staff / trainees

Other

Essential

• oLiterate and a good all-round communicator
• oExperience of good time management and ability to prioritise workload
• oAbility to be resilient when working under pressure
• oGood interpersonal skills
• oAble to effectively communicate with colleagues and a range of external agencies
• oAble to use a wide range approaches to communicating and managing patient care

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

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

PENNINE

PENNINE

PR5 6AW

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)