Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Teignbridge Home Treatment Team. We are looking to recruit to a Senior Mental Health Practioner role for a 12 month secondment period, to cover maternity leave. The successful candidate will be joining a dynamic, motivated and skilled team.
You will use your skills and experience to deliver high quality mental and physical health care, provide therapuetic interventions whilst incorporating evidence based practice to prevent hospital admissions and facilitate early discharges from hospital. This involves providing collaborative care and home treatment to people in their own homes and support to their families and carers.
You will be well supported within the team to gain confidence in the role, and encouraged to develop your clinical skills and knowledge base.
Main duties of the job
- Assessment and management of risk
- Maintaining a caseload of appropriate clients
- Responsibility for developing care packages including assessing, planning, interventions and evaluations. Ensuring active involvement of patients, their families and carers
- Triage referrals by assessing and advising on eligibility criteria
- Provide specialist advise to referrers and other multi-disciplinary staff in relation to the care of the individual
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will be part of a multi-disciplinary
team, contributing to the effective provision of community Mental Health Services to a shared caseload of service users. We work with adults of working age and older adults. Our service operates 7 days a week with various shift patterns and flexible hours available covering our operational hours from 8am to 10.30pm
You will work as a senior member of the
team and liaise with a wide range of both statutory and non-statutory agencies
to provide creative packages of care.
For further details see attached job description and personal specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will be part of a multi-disciplinary
team, contributing to the effective provision of community Mental Health Services to a shared caseload of service users. We work with adults of working age and older adults. Our service operates 7 days a week with various shift patterns and flexible hours available covering our operational hours from 8am to 10.30pm
You will work as a senior member of the
team and liaise with a wide range of both statutory and non-statutory agencies
to provide creative packages of care.
For further details see attached job description and personal specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A professional mental health qualification eg RMN, Social Work Degree or equivalent, BSc/Diploma in OT, SROT, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, on the appropriate professional body register and hold current registration with no restrictions.
- Post graduate qualification relevant to specialism
- Mentoring students in line with professional requirements
- A recognised relevant qualification in pharmacy or nursing
- An understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health
- Capacity Act requirements.
- CPA Process
Desirable
- Clinical Supervision qualification
- Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff
- Evidence of leadership/management training within a core service
- Awareness of community structures and social care management responsibilities
- Understanding of recovery principles in Mental Health
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Communication Skills
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health problems.
- Able to produce well written reports.
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals from various settings.
- Ability to think and work independently/autonomously and with complex case load
- Analytical & Judgement Skills
- Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions.
- Ability to manage risk.
- Planning & Organising Skills
- Able to plan creatively to maximise effectiveness of care plans.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to manage own time and that of the teams.
- Ability to work flexibly.
- Physical Skills
- Ability to be mobile across a geographical area. Be a car user
- Computer literacy.
- Other
- Excellent clinical assessment skills.
- Ability to manage change in a positive manner
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in a Home Treatment Team
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience working at band 5 in mental health care working in at least two settings, inpatient and one community setting or substantial experience in both inpatient and community settings within a mental health and/or learning disabilities setting?;
- Evidence of acting as nurse in charge on a regular basis;
- Substantial experience of managing/leading a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health conditions within a community setting and without supervision;.
- Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
- Experience of clinically supervising junior and unqualified staff and mentoring students
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
- Participation in user involvement in services.
Desirable
- Experience in deputising for more senior staff
- Evidence of following through specific pieces of work or projects as delegated by ward managers or others
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A professional mental health qualification eg RMN, Social Work Degree or equivalent, BSc/Diploma in OT, SROT, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, on the appropriate professional body register and hold current registration with no restrictions.
- Post graduate qualification relevant to specialism
- Mentoring students in line with professional requirements
- A recognised relevant qualification in pharmacy or nursing
- An understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health
- Capacity Act requirements.
- CPA Process
Desirable
- Clinical Supervision qualification
- Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff
- Evidence of leadership/management training within a core service
- Awareness of community structures and social care management responsibilities
- Understanding of recovery principles in Mental Health
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Communication Skills
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health problems.
- Able to produce well written reports.
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals from various settings.
- Ability to think and work independently/autonomously and with complex case load
- Analytical & Judgement Skills
- Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions.
- Ability to manage risk.
- Planning & Organising Skills
- Able to plan creatively to maximise effectiveness of care plans.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to manage own time and that of the teams.
- Ability to work flexibly.
- Physical Skills
- Ability to be mobile across a geographical area. Be a car user
- Computer literacy.
- Other
- Excellent clinical assessment skills.
- Ability to manage change in a positive manner
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in a Home Treatment Team
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience working at band 5 in mental health care working in at least two settings, inpatient and one community setting or substantial experience in both inpatient and community settings within a mental health and/or learning disabilities setting?;
- Evidence of acting as nurse in charge on a regular basis;
- Substantial experience of managing/leading a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health conditions within a community setting and without supervision;.
- Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
- Experience of clinically supervising junior and unqualified staff and mentoring students
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
- Participation in user involvement in services.
Desirable
- Experience in deputising for more senior staff
- Evidence of following through specific pieces of work or projects as delegated by ward managers or others
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
