Job summary
Are you
someone looking for a career in one of the UK's most respected mental health
and learning disability trusts?
Would you
like to be part of a dedicated team committed to making difference to
peoples lives to enjoy a better future?
An exciting
opportunity has risen at Torbay OPMH CMHT for the post of 1.0 WTE Band 7 Specialist
Clinical Practitioner. Non-medical prescribing competency is essential.
Job sharing
will also be considered.
Please see
attached job description for more information.
Please feel
free to contact Dr Arun Devasahayam, Consultant psychiatrist, Torbay OPMH CMHT
on 01803-546686, to have an informal discussion about this post.
Devon Partnership
NHS Trust is growing as we establish ourselves us as one of the leading
providers of mental health services in the country.
Working as part
of Devon Partnership NHS Trust, you will make a difference to peoples lives
from the moment you start.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking, compassion, and commitment, providing expert care within their professional boundaries. Their role includes history-taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and care evaluation, ensuring safe and competent clinical decision-making. They will collaborate with the multidisciplinary team, supporting policies and procedures while offering leadership where required.
This role focuses on preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, enabling patients to remain at home when safe and appropriate. The post holder will proactively identify and prevent relapse or deterioration, reducing admissions to long-term care facilities.
As part of a multi-professional team, they will deliver comprehensive assessments, establish diagnoses, and create evidence-based, person-centred treatment plans, including independent prescribing and medication reviews in collaboration with the medicines optimisation team.
Specialist Clinical Practitioners will help develop and implement effective models of care, ensuring timely clinician-to-clinician advice, supporting patient safety and quality improvement.
Your base will be in Torbay, however under the current COVID-19
conditions this may be subject to alternative arrangements/change for example
home working. Please be assured that any alternatives will be discussed fully
with you and the organisation. Please ask the appointing manager if you have
any questions.
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
Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- An excellent understanding of the NSF, 5 year forward review for mental health and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
- CPA Process
- Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes
Physical Skills and Other
Essential
- Ability to travel across Devon and other locations in the course of the business requirement.
- Personal commitment to promoting equality, diversity and human rights in all aspects of service delivery.
- High level of emotional resilience.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Communication and Working Relationship Skills
- High level communication skills including: Presentation and facilitation skills; Consultation and engagement skills.
- An ability to adjust communication effectively to meet the needs of a diverse group including internal and external stakeholders.
- Good organisational and interpersonal skills, tact and sensitivity. Ability to gain trust.
- Ability to influence significant changes in service delivery through motivation and encouragement which may be highly complex and sensitive and include some barriers to understanding.
- Ability to contribute to the supervision and development of others.
- Confidence to deliver sometimes contentious and difficult messages to a broad range of stake holders.
- Analytical & Judgemental Skills
- Reporting analysis to a range of stakeholders in a manner that is clear and easily understood.
- Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions.
- Ability to manage risk.
- Ability to assess and interpret specialist acute and other patient conditions
- Planning & Organisational Skills
- Developing short to medium term project based action plans.
- Prioritise and adjust workload to address the changing needs of the organisation
- Flexible approach and ability to work independently and on own initiative as well as part of a team.
- Ability to undertake special projects in regard to service improvement and collaborative working with other stakeholders.
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical based Degree
- MSc Advanced Practice or working towards or equivalent / minimum of 60 credits at post-graduate level in relevant subject ( e.g. Advanced psychosocial assessment and formulation, Enhancing the Care and Support of the Person with Dementia and their Carer) or equivalent clinical experience
- Post basic qualification in speciality Application Non-Medical Prescriber (V300)
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Current registration with the NMC or HCPC
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- An excellent understanding of the NSF, 5 year forward review for mental health and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
- CPA Process
- Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes
Physical Skills and Other
Essential
- Ability to travel across Devon and other locations in the course of the business requirement.
- Personal commitment to promoting equality, diversity and human rights in all aspects of service delivery.
- High level of emotional resilience.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Communication and Working Relationship Skills
- High level communication skills including: Presentation and facilitation skills; Consultation and engagement skills.
- An ability to adjust communication effectively to meet the needs of a diverse group including internal and external stakeholders.
- Good organisational and interpersonal skills, tact and sensitivity. Ability to gain trust.
- Ability to influence significant changes in service delivery through motivation and encouragement which may be highly complex and sensitive and include some barriers to understanding.
- Ability to contribute to the supervision and development of others.
- Confidence to deliver sometimes contentious and difficult messages to a broad range of stake holders.
- Analytical & Judgemental Skills
- Reporting analysis to a range of stakeholders in a manner that is clear and easily understood.
- Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions.
- Ability to manage risk.
- Ability to assess and interpret specialist acute and other patient conditions
- Planning & Organisational Skills
- Developing short to medium term project based action plans.
- Prioritise and adjust workload to address the changing needs of the organisation
- Flexible approach and ability to work independently and on own initiative as well as part of a team.
- Ability to undertake special projects in regard to service improvement and collaborative working with other stakeholders.
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical based Degree
- MSc Advanced Practice or working towards or equivalent / minimum of 60 credits at post-graduate level in relevant subject ( e.g. Advanced psychosocial assessment and formulation, Enhancing the Care and Support of the Person with Dementia and their Carer) or equivalent clinical experience
- Post basic qualification in speciality Application Non-Medical Prescriber (V300)
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Current registration with the NMC or HCPC
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).
