Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner

West London NHS Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the United Kingdom seeks a part-time Early Intervention Practitioner to provide care and treatment for service users with complex mental health issues. The role involves assessments, care plan development, and supervision of junior staff. Ideal candidates will be experienced and compassionate individuals with a background in nursing, social work, or occupational therapy.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and committed individual with experience in mental health.
• Knowledgeable about working with psychosis and relevant guidelines.
• Experience in developing care plans for individuals with mental health issues.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assessments of individuals and families in the care group.
• Develop care plans based on recovery principles with service users.
• Provide evidence-based clinical practice in line with NICE guidelines.

Skills

Compassion

Understanding of evidence-based clinical interventions

Ability to work with young people and adults with complex mental health issues

Education

Nursing, Social Work, or Occupational Therapy qualification

Job description

The role of the Early Intervention Practitioner is to work in partnership with "At Risk mental state" (ARMS) and First Episode of Psychosis (FEP) service users, wrapping care and treatment around hope and aspirations informing their care and recovery plans. They will demonstrate an understanding of evidence-based clinical interventions specific to this care group – including education and support, carer and family psycho‑education and risk minimisation planning.

The post holder will work at all times flexibly and promote the safety and wellbeing of service users and their families/carers. The post holder will assess, plan, and implement care and provide specialist advice. The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner and responsible for a defined caseload of service users, undertaking the following duties:

Key Responsibilities

• To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk.
• They will work alongside the service user to develop their care plan along the recovery principles.
• To offer specialist assessment and advice where required.
• To assess, manage and regularly review ongoing risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers.
• To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
• To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate (mentorship and preceptorship qualifications).
• To act within the relevant Code of Conduct dependent on your Registration Body.

We are seeking to recruit a part-time Early Intervention Practitioner for 22.5 hours a week, dynamic Band 6 Care Coordinator – either a Nurse, Social Worker (SW) or Occupational Therapist (OT) – based at Hammersmith and Fulham Early Intervention in Psychosis Team.

Qualifications and Experience

The individual must be enthusiastic, committed, compassionate and experienced with a good knowledge of the issues and guidance around working with psychosis. In addition, they must have experience of working with young people and adults aged 14 to 65 years with a range of complex mental health issues.