Mental Health Community Practitioner - Development Role

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

The closing date is 15 April 2025

Job summary

22.5 Hours 3 days

Band 5- Band 6

Are you newly qualified and looking to deliver mental health care to your local community? Evesham NMHT are seeking to recruit a community Mental Health Practitioner to deliver outstanding care to the community. If you are passionate about delivering evidenced based interventions in the community, a career with us may be just what you're looking for.

We have a part-time developmental band 5-6 Mental Health Practitioner opportunity, which is an exciting position for a Community Mental Health nurse. This development role in underpinned by a supportive competency-based framework to help build both your experience and competence in becoming a band 6 practitioner. We welcome newly qualified band 5 MHP, or a nurse with inpatient experience who would like to develop their expertise in a community mental health setting.

If you are passionate, self-motivated, and looking to be part of an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of Neighbourhood Mental Health Service Team in Worcester then we would welcome your application and look forward to hearing from you.

Please note the Trust will not provide sponsorship to work for this role, to apply you must have current right to work in the UK status.

Main duties of the job

Will work as a key member and resource of the MDT core team.

This post will offer a challenging and exciting opportunity to gain experience of working across South Community Mental Health Service, developing relationships with Primary Care, partner agencies and wider mental health services.

You will have the opportunity to design and deliver evidence-based recovery focused mental health interventions and groups. Knowledge of delivery psychoeducation within a group environment and 1:1 would be an advantage.

You will have experience of working with this user group in community settings. You will have a registered qualification in mental health nursing, occupational therapy or social work.

You will hold a blended caseload of common mental health disorders and severe mental illness patients.

The ability to work flexibly as the need of the service demands is essential.

Attend weekly MDT meetings, participate in professionals meetings, signpost to adjunct services depending on patient need.

Support and guidance to the carers of patients accessing the services

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
Flexible and agile working opportunities
Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
Wide range of supportive staff networks
Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Date posted

01 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9798-1302

Job locations

Waterside Day Hospital

Waterside

Evesham

WR11 1JT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.

Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.

Work across all clinically appropriate patients, 17-years-old and over, to deliver evidence-based interventions.

Under the direction of Service Lead and as part of the Community Mental Health Service, provide prompt local assessment, triage, risk assessment, risk management, signposting, onward referral and evidence-based interventions for people presenting with mental health problems.

Represent the team on specific projects and working groups as required.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.

Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.

Work across all clinically appropriate patients, 17-years-old and over, to deliver evidence-based interventions.

Represent the team on specific projects and working groups as required.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Assessment and management of clinical risk
Working within a multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of principles of assessment of people with mental health problems
Knowledge of principles of risk assessment and management
Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2006 and other relevant legislation

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant professional qualification relating to Health or Social Care e.g., in nursing (RMN), social work (BSc/Dip SW), Occupational Therapy (BSc OT)
Current professional registration
I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Please note the Trust will not provide sponsorship to work for this role, to apply you must have current right to work in the UK status.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
Ability to praise and be supportive to others
Delivery of evidence based interventions in mental health

Additional Criteria

Essential

Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
You understand that we will not provide sponsorship to work for this role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Assessment and management of clinical risk
Working within a multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of principles of assessment of people with mental health problems
Knowledge of principles of risk assessment and management
Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2006 and other relevant legislation

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant professional qualification relating to Health or Social Care e.g., in nursing (RMN), social work (BSc/Dip SW), Occupational Therapy (BSc OT)
Current professional registration
I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Please note the Trust will not provide sponsorship to work for this role, to apply you must have current right to work in the UK status.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
Ability to praise and be supportive to others
Delivery of evidence based interventions in mental health

Additional Criteria

Essential

Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
You understand that we will not provide sponsorship to work for this role.

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.