Community Mental Health Practitioner

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Agile working equipment

Job summary

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Mental Health Nurse to join the Enhanced MH Team West in Barnsley. You will work within the Flexible Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) model to deliver high quality community care.

You will manage a caseload of around 25 people, arrange care, review care plans and risk assessments, and liaise with other professionals and agencies to keep service users and their carers at the centre of everything we do.

Qualifications

• Registered MH nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience delivering FACT or similar community mental health care.
• Strong assessment and risk management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of around 25 people.
• Arrange care and review care plans and risk assessments.
• Liaise with other professionals and agencies to coordinate recovery-focused care.

Skills

Mental health nursing

Liaison with agencies

Case management

Education

NMC registered nurse

Job description

The successful candidate will manage a caseload of around 25 people, they will be responsible for arranging care, liaison with other professionals and agencies, manage and review care plans and risk assessments ensuring these are done collaboratively in a recovery focused manner, keeping the person and their carers in the centre of all we do.

The team use the Flexible Assertive Community Treatment Model, and we have a daily shift coordinator on a rota system which will require the successful candidate to delegate and prioritise work, oversee and facilitate the daily morning meetings, managing the team diary and carry out any urgent visits.

The successful candidate will need to be an efficient organiser, managing their workload and be flexible to meet the needs of service. They will need to manage their own requirements for supervision in line with their professional registration.

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We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

Are you caring & compassionate & want to make a difference by delivering mental health care & treatment to people in their community? Are you a registered MH nurse? Or about to Qualify as a RM.

If this is you, then the Enhanced MH Team West in Barnsley wants you to come & join us.

We are multidisciplinary team that provides high quality face to face care utilising the FACT model (Flexible Assertive Community Treatment) this is central in to keeping people well and out of hospital.

The successful candidate would be the key person in the service users recovery journey working with other agencies and alongside family & carers keeping the person in the centre of all we do.

We offer flexible working hours between 08.30 - 19.00 Mon to Fri & 9-5 on weekends & BH. We are family friendly & all staff have agile working equipment. We are open 365 days a year & pride ourselves on excellent team working.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.