Community Mental Health Practitioner

PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Cheadle; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Flexible working

Continued Professional Development

Health and wellbeing service

Staff discounts

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Community Mental Health Practitioner to join the Stockport-based Secondary Care CMHT. The role focuses on holistic assessment, interventions, risk assessments and care planning for adults with severe mental health and social care needs.

You will contribute to service development within a transformed community service, with opportunities for professional development, supervision and involvement in improvement activities across the Greater

Responsibilities

• Holistic assessment, interventions, risk assessments and care plans for people on caseload.
• Administering depot medication for people unable to attend depot clinic.
• Provide supervision to identified staff and students on placement.

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a Community Mental Health Practitioner looking to join a great team, providing specialist mental health care to the population of Stockport. The Secondary Care CMHT support residents with severe and enduring mental health conditions. population we serve. This an exciting time for Stockport CMHT. We are currently undergoing a transformation within our service as part of the National Transformations of community services and the local Living Well developments. It is an opportunity to be part of our service development, with planned investment in our staff and new role development. The CMHT work with people aged 16 and over with severe and enduring mental health and social care needs. Mental Health Practitioners are responsible for providing holistic assessment, interventions, risk assessments and care plans for people on their caseload. As a nurse in the team. You will be responsible for administering depot medication for people who are unable to attend the depot clinic., To act as the community Mental Health Practitioner and key worker responsible for the care of an identified group of clients, being part of a service that is committed to recovery and social inclusion.To provide supervision to an identified group of staff and students on placement with the team.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel