Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner

Ministry Of Defence; Carterton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A government mental health department is seeking a mental health practitioner to provide high-quality service within a multi-disciplinary team. The role requires commitment and flexibility to meet the needs of military personnel, along with substantial clinical experience. This position offers unique opportunities for professional development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Free parking

Access to gym

Learning and development opportunities

Maternity, adoption, or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health care delivery.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Willingness to adapt to military culture.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality mental health service to patients for assessment and treatment.
• Work flexibly to meet mental health needs of military personnel.
• Implement changes to enhance service delivery.

Skills

Clinical skills

Risk management

Communication

Flexibility

Team collaboration

Job description

Are you an experienced mental health professional looking for a new challenge? Would you like to add military mental healthcare to your career portfolio? We are looking for someone with vision, substantial clinical experience and drive who can adapt to a new organisational culture whilst still adhering to the highest standards of professional practice. Experience of assessing and managing risk will help to keep our serving military personnel safe whilst your clinical skills and knowledge will support timely and efficient service delivery. Experience of working with military populations would be welcome but it is by no means a pre-requisite for application. Your commitment and enthusiasm are more important!, We are seeking to recruit a mental health practitioner for 37.5 hours per week to join a military Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) and Defence Mental Health Network (DMHN). DCMHs are multi-disciplinary teams comprising military and civilian staff: psychiatrists, mental health nurses, social workers, mental health practitioners and psychologists. The job is challenging and varied. Whilst there are similarities with NHS roles, to make the most of this opportunity you will need to be willing to embrace a different organisational culture, take on significant responsibility for risk management and apply your clinical skills in new and interesting ways.

Benefits

• NHS Pension
• Free parking
• Access to gym
• Learning and development opportunities
• We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

Main duties of the job

As the successful post holder, you will provide a rapid, timely and high-quality mental health service to all patients referred to the Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) for assessment and treatment of mental health problems and implementing changes as and when vital. You will need to be experienced, enthusiastic and committed to service delivery and improvement. Being able to cope well under pressure, be flexible and assertive and have the ability to communicate at all levels. Functioning as a member of the MDT, whilst working autonomously. The post holder will provide flexible and individualised care packages to meet the mental health (MH) needs of military personnel with mental health problems.

Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us. Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government. The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team. If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.