Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Providing a rapid, timely and high quality mental health service to all patients referred to the Psychological Wellbeing Service (PWS) for assessment and treatment of mental health problems and implementing changes as and when necessary.
• Managing a clinical caseload delivering optimum personal and professional standards to assist the care process in accordance with Defence Mental Health Services protocols and clinical governance.
• Providing clinical and educational resource to the various rehabilitation teams within DMRC and offer advice on mental health matters, the administrative management of personnel with mental health difficulties and when required to assist within the team in mental health promotion.
• Delivering up to date, evidence-based interventions for mental health problems based on guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Treatment Agency (NTA), which can include individual, group and tele-therapy.
• Conducting clinical risk assessments on all patients seen, evaluating the safety of the patient and be able to manage/ advise on therapeutic risk taking.
• Engaging in clinical supervision, case conferances/care meetings where mental health clinical input is required.
• Presenting patients updates to the PWS MDT for guidance, support and training.

Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:

• NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
• NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
• NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
• NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
• NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK1 Information Processing

• NHS General NHS G6 People Management

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

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If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will NOT sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative,Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contactdbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use ofall tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

Person Specification

Provide a CV

Essential

• Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question - you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
• Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.

Registration Details

Essential

• Please provide your membership registration number.
• You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
• Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.

Registrations and Memberships

Essential

• Must be registered with one the following regulatory bodies: NMC, HCPC

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional knowledge acquired through degree plus relevant experience in mental health.
• Registered Mental Health Nurse or graduate level professional with background in mental health; with a demonstrable experience working at Band 5 or above.
• Experience of working in a Community Mental Health setting or a Liaison Mental Health setting.
• Demonstrable experience of using NICE recommended Psychological interventions.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Address

D M R C

Stanford Hall Estate

Stanford On Soar

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE12 5BL

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence (Opens in a new tab)