Graduate Mental Health Practitioner

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Graduate Mental health Practitioner (Band 5) Full-time

Chichester Assessment and Treatment Service. Chapel Street clinic. Chichester

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Graduate Mental Health Practitioner in our community mental health team. Sussex Partnership is proud to be developing these new roles which have become part of our experienced workforce. The post holder will have a degree, and a Post graduate Certificate in Mental Health Practice (PGCMH), having completed placements and been assessed with competencies in assessment of mental health needs, and risk assessment.

The Graduate Mental Health Training Programme is a joint venture between Higher Education and the NHS. The roles are informed by bio-psychosocial models of health care for people with severe and complex mental health difficulties. Graduate Mental health Practitioners will help provide outstanding care and treatment, co-ordinate care provided, support people with their recovery journey, offer time limited interventions, monitor risks, and collaborate with carers and families.

The successful applicant will join a friendly, highly skilled, and enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team which includes consultant psychiatrists, community psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, peer support workers and support workers. You will be providing high quality mental health care, with multi-disciplinary colleagues, where staff well-being is a high priority.

Main duties of the job

To work with other members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate the development and delivery of recovery-focussed care. This includes contributing to the full range of routine care tasks, facilitating group and individual activities, information gathering and analysis to inform a multi-disciplinary formulation, audit and specific psychologically informed interventions within the scope of post graduate qualification. You will put service users' needs at the heart of the job, keeping people safe, contributing to effective interventions, and responding compassionately to suffering.

After a suitable period of training and supervised practice, and when assessed formally as competent, you will work in partnership with service users in community mental health services, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. You will demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to the care group to include education, employment, housing, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate this. The post holder will work at all times to promote the safety and the wellbeing of clients and their families/carers. The post holder will assess, plan and implement care.

This is an opportunity to join an organisation which sets a high priority on the development of services in collaboration with Experts by Experience and Carers.

About us

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a leading teaching and research mental health trust. We are at the forefront for research on a number of topics such as Psychosis and Dementia and we have close links with the Universities of Sussex, Surrey, and Brighton.

The successful applicant will be offered regular supervision and additional training relevant to the role. After a preceptorship period of 6 months, with additional training and support you will be able to be a Lead Practitioner and carry a caseload.

This is an opportunity to join an organisation which sets a high priority on the development of services in collaboration with Experts by Experience and Carers. As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.

As a clinician in our team we can offer you:

Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team
Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
Flexible working patterns
Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC
Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)

Date posted

12 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-AC-20730-C

Job locations

Chapel Street Clinic

Chapel Street

Chichester

PO19 1BX

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role will include:

co-running group treatments
delivering individual, psychologically informed interventions
supporting people to access care from other services including housing providers & third sector organisations
contributing to multidisciplinary discussions;
supporting the team with duty work and facilitating access to full pathways of care
Following preceptorship, to hold Lead Practitioner responsibility
Co-creating risk assessments and Care plans with Service Users

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role will include:

co-running group treatments
delivering individual, psychologically informed interventions
supporting people to access care from other services including housing providers & third sector organisations
contributing to multidisciplinary discussions;
supporting the team with duty work and facilitating access to full pathways of care
Following preceptorship, to hold Lead Practitioner responsibility
Co-creating risk assessments and Care plans with Service Users

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Bachelors degree at 2:2 or above supplemented by specialist mental health training with a significant supervised practice component and a curriculum including risk assessment, evidence based psychosocial interventions, recovery and treatment planning, and team working
A specialist mental health focused postgraduate degree which delivers competences in recognised evidence-based psychological interventions
Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
Experience running groups/activities
Experience working as part of a team
Experience of being supervised
Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Bachelors degree at 2:2 or above supplemented by specialist mental health training with a significant supervised practice component and a curriculum including risk assessment, evidence based psychosocial interventions, recovery and treatment planning, and team working
A specialist mental health focused postgraduate degree which delivers competences in recognised evidence-based psychological interventions
Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
Experience running groups/activities
Experience working as part of a team
Experience of being supervised
Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing

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).

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