Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Practitioner - £7k Welcome Bonus*

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 mental health practitioner to work in the Home Treatment Team in Lancaster.

The Home Treatment Team cares for people who are experiencing acute episodes of mental illness or emotional distress. The service is an alternative to admission and offers intensive support to service users and their families in the community.

The service works closely with the in-patient wards to support early discharges and with other parts of the mental health services as well as third sector providers, so great communication skills are essential.

The post is a full-time, permanent post covering the service over 7 days per week working long days and nights.The team covers Lancaster, Morecambe and surrounding areas.

As a member of the team you would be working with a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Mental Health Nurses; Support Workers; Occupational Therapist; Psychologist and Consultant Psychiatrist.

Main duties of the job

You will be a member of a team who provides comprehensive assessment, co-ordination and the delivery of a high quality mental health service for service users of Home Treatment who in the absence of the team would require hospital admission.
You will help to co-ordinate the care of Home Treatment service users, and assist in promoting the use of evidence-based practice through the provision of clinical advice and support; acting as a role model; and providing education and training where appropriate.
You will need to be fully conversant with statutory and non-statutory services in Lancashire Care, and promote effective liaison, working relationships and operational links as appropriate.
You will ensure your own safe and effective delivery of care to service users.
You will provide support, information and education to family members, carers and other professionals.
Provide support to facilitate hospital discharge/signposting.
Ensure appropriate, timely discharge.
You will be expected to maintain links with the bed manager to enable appropriate bed management, through gate keeping and Home Treatment to enable appropriate admission and discharge.

Please be advised this is not an exhaustive list, please refer to the Job Description for the full list of duties.

About us

*The Welcome Bonus is only available to candidates who are not currently employed (or who have not been employed in the last 12 months) by any NHS provider Trust in the Lancashire & South Cumbria (LSC) Integrated Care System (ICS) in a like-for-like role or core profession. For example, a Band 6 Occupational Therapist / Social Worker / Mental Health Nurse at another Trust in the LSC ICS would not be eligible for the bonus if moving to a Band 6 Occupational Therapist / Social Worker / Mental Health Nurse role at LSCFT or in a role such as Mental Health Practitioner Role that requires the same profession.

These trusts are:o University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trusto East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trusto Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusto Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bank only workers for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are eligible for the scheme if they have not held a substantive role in Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in the last 12 months (subject to all other terms and conditions being met). These incentives are subject to recovery clauses within the first 6 months of employment. This bonus is applicable from 1st July 2024 - 31st January 2025.

Date posted

24 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per Annum (subject to confirmation)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-BAY767-RI

Job locations

Albert View

Lancaster

LA1 4JJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

*The £7k Welcome Bonus package is designed to attract and retain the very best staff in post. The amount a new starter would receive is shown in the Welcome Bonus Payment Schedule below:

£3,000 after 2 months of employment (counted from start date with LSCFT) £2,000 after 12 months £2,000 after 24 months

PLEASE NOTE: This bonus scheme is subject to a Repayment Clause should the post holder leave this role within 6 months of commencing employment.

For more details, please visit our website -Welcome bonus and relocation packages terms and conditions :: Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (lscft.nhs.uk)

If you have any questions, we would be happy to discuss them please contact recruitment@lscft.nhs.uk.

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.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification attached to this post for full details of responsibilities.