Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner - Weston-Super-Mare

NHS Jobs; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in Weston-Super-Mare seeks a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join the Eating Disorder Team. The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team, managing complexity and risk, and participate in duty systems with specialist assessments for young people and families.

You will contribute to psycho-education and brief therapies, including individual, family, and group sessions, and support network/professional reviews as clinically appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Carry out specialist assessments for eating disorders within a multidisciplinary team.
• Utilise routine outcome measures (ROMS) to evaluate progress and support feedback from young people and carers.
• Deliver psycho-education and short-term therapies (individual, family, group) as appropriate.

Job description

Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner - Weston-Super-Mare

The post holder will be a member of the Eating Disorder Team and will be able to manage complexity and risk as part of a multidisciplinary team. The post holder will be part of a duty system and undertake specialist assessments on behalf of the multidisciplinary team, incorporating different models of understanding of the young persons difficulties and reflecting the teams multi-modal approach to Eating Disorder interventions. The post holder will be part of physical health clinics with the support and consultation of medical staff as required The post holder will participate in provision of and provide psycho-education and therapy to identified patients, as well as short-term therapy (individual, family, groups) to patients presenting with sub-threshold disorders. He/she will also contribute towards family based treatment for Eating Disorders and other evidence based treatments. The post holder will contribute to the care of complex cases, attending to risk and arranging network/professional reviews where clinically appropriate. This will include liaison with other appropriate services when required. To use routine outcome measures (ROMS) to evaluate treatment and gain feedback from Young people and their carers. Participate in the running of therapeutic groups/workshops. Please see attached Job Description file for a full list of duties and responsibilities.