Community Mental Health Lead Practitioner

NHS; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Community Mental Health Lead Practitioner in Eastbourne. This role involves working closely with mental health teams to support individuals with complex needs. Candidates should have relevant nursing or social work qualifications and experience in mental health. A supportive team culture is emphasized along with professional development opportunities. Salary ranges from £38,682 to £46,580 annually.

Benefits

Regular supervision and reflective practice

Mentoring and professional development support

Qualifications

• Qualified Nurse/OT/Social Worker is essential.
• Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group.
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain patient safety in collaboration with patients and team.
• Provide clinical advice on complex issues to the clinical team.
• Undertake urgent assessments and crisis decision-making.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work with complex health problems

Experience of supporting service users with mental health problems

Education

Registered Nurse / health professional with current registration

Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB / professional equivalent

Evidence of continuous professional development

Job description

Community Mental Health Lead Practitioner

Multiple Admissions Pathway Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner Post

Secondment or Fixed term post opportunity for someone wanting to develop in open dialogue and systemic practice.

Qualified Nurse/OT/Social Worker

The East Sussex Directorate are developing a Multiple Admissions Pathway for Eastbourne, Wealden and Lewes areas. We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner (Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist & Social Worker) who has a keen interest in working with those with complex mental health difficulties and supporting reduce admissions to hospital and support recovery. We are looking for someone who is interested in developing skills in working using an open dialogue approach where we are responsive to clients needs and bring a network of care around a person to support recovery.

The usual hours of work are Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm.

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes.

You will be joining a warm, friendly team who are dedicated to transforming care and supporting best practice for service users and their families. The team has reflective practice weekly and high level of training and support for staff.

The role will be working closely with the three Neighbourhood mental health teams in East Sussex and enhancing the care delivered to those in crisis with complex needs and a history of multiple admissions.

Main duties of the job

• To maintain patient safety, in collaboration with patients, carers and other team members
• Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of patient harm, abuse or neglect and taking all reasonable steps to protect the patient.
• Provides clinical advice on complex issues to other members of the clinical team and staff from other disciplines.
• Undertakes urgent and priority assessments withrisk assessments.
• Responsible for decision making and coordination in a crisis situation.
• Take responsibility for the management of complex people who present to the team when their Care Coordinator / Lead Professional is absent from work and the person requires an urgent response.
• Working to support the team where Intensive Home-Based Treatment is required.
• To liaise with other services eg: Police; A & E as required.
• Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards and offering a consistent approach to people open within the team
• Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.
• Support members of the team with other specialist assessments, as required
• To maintain professional standards of care at all time
• Deliver psychologically informed interventions
• Attend and work towards facilitating open dialogue informed network meetings

About us

The NHS is changing and with more emphasis on community-based care there's never been a better time to join us. Over the next three years, community mental health services are going to be undergoing a real transformation and you could be part of these exciting developments. Our community mental health teams will become part of a much more integrated network of services and our mental health clinicians will be central in driving the changes, in close partnership with our primary and third sector colleagues.

We recognise that working in mental health can be stressful so we prioritise staff welfare, providing regular supervision, reflective practice, mentoring, and any other support that our clinicians need to ensure their wellbeing.

We look forward to hearing from you. Please contact Sally McGuire, Principal Psychologist, Lead for MAP for Wealden and Lewes, if you want to know more about the role.

Job responsibilities

Excellent communication skills are needed in the role in regard to communicating with all stakeholders including service users, carers, third sector providers, internal and external agencies and services.

Ideally, we would prefer someone who has experience of supporting service users with mental health problems (and we positively encourage applicants with lived experience). An inclusive and positive attitude is essential. If your current role includes duty work, that will be an advantage in your application. We always provide a robust induction and the wellbeing of our team is always thought about. Supervision, appraisal and training are all highly valued and prioritized.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse / health professional with current registration appropriate to the job role
• Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB / professional equivalent
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge/Experience

• Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group (mental health or neurodevelopmental)
• Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
• Experience of working consultatively with professionals
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
• Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
• Experience of working within the CPA process
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Previous experience of working in the community

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum / pro rata for part time