Mental Health Practitioner

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 6 Nurse or OT to join the South Lakes Older Adult Community Mental Health Team for 22.5 hours per week. The team are looking for a dynamic colleague who shares our passion for ensuring that individuals enjoy great care and health regardless of age and diagnosis.

We are looking for a forward thinking, caring individual who has excellent leadership qualities and experience of working with mental health difficulties relating to the ageing process and people who have a dementia diagnosis. Experience in a care home setting is desirable.

One of the main roles of this post is to supervise, educate and support staff, manage referrals and to communicate team needs.

This person must be able to work as a member of a strong multi-disciplinary and a very progressive team.

Main duties of the job

Working within the integrated Community Mental Health Team as a senior practitioner to provide person centred, evidenced based care to support the needs of service users who are within the OA CMHT team including Memory Assessment Team, Care Home Liaison Team and CMHT to ensure that service users receive the best quality care and support in line with their changing complex mental health needs. Working closely with statutory and non-statutory organisations, care home staff, nurses, OT's, doctors and the wider MDT to maintain positive health, utilising occupation, formulation, observation and education to provide care plans to support needs.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Date posted

22 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-BAY559-CL

Job locations

South Lakes Older Adult

Murley Moss

Kendal

LA9 7RG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

oFirst Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN,OT
oMentor Training.
oEvidence of post-registration training in clinical/ psychological interventions / skills relevant to the post.
oProven track record of post registration clinical experience relevant to the post.

Knowledge

Essential

Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, NMC/ HCPC standards and other local and national initiatives.

Experience

Essential

Experience of Leadership,
Experience of mentoring teams and achieving successful outcomes,
Experience of working with people with a range of MH conditions, Experience of caring for people with Dementia,
Experience of care home environments and care required within them.

Personal

Essential

Proven ability to carry out and provide comprehensive written assessments of individuals with complex mental health needs.
Risk Assessment and Risk Management / Safety Planning skills.
Demonstrate an understanding of effective & appropriate treatment options including a range of evidence based clinical approaches as identified in N.I.C.E. Guidance

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

oFirst Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN,OT
oMentor Training.
oEvidence of post-registration training in clinical/ psychological interventions / skills relevant to the post.
oProven track record of post registration clinical experience relevant to the post.

Knowledge

Essential

Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, NMC/ HCPC standards and other local and national initiatives.

Experience

Essential

Experience of Leadership,
Experience of mentoring teams and achieving successful outcomes,
Experience of working with people with a range of MH conditions, Experience of caring for people with Dementia,
Experience of care home environments and care required within them.

Personal

Essential

Proven ability to carry out and provide comprehensive written assessments of individuals with complex mental health needs.
Risk Assessment and Risk Management / Safety Planning skills.
Demonstrate an understanding of effective & appropriate treatment options including a range of evidence based clinical approaches as identified in N.I.C.E. Guidance

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.