Community Mental Health Practitioner

Pennine Care; Dukinfield; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Flexible working

Continued Professional Development

Staff wellbeing services

Staff discounts

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Mental Health Practitioner (Band 6) to join the Tameside West Specialist Mental Health Team. You will assess and manage a defined caseload, delivering evidence-based mental health interventions and risk management within a multi-disciplinary setting.

The role involves extensive liaison with partners, care planning, and maintaining high standards of professional practice across community services.

Qualifications

• Substantial post-registration experience in mental health
• Experience managing a caseload in a multi-disciplinary team
• Knowledge of safeguarding and care planning processes
• Ability to work across community settings and travel as required

Responsibilities

• Assess health and social care needs of service users
• Develop and implement care and risk management plans
• Provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions
• Maintain accurate electronic health records
• Liaise with GP, social services and other agencies
• Participate in MDT duties and supervision
• Support junior staff and care coordination activities

Skills

Caseload management

MDT collaboration

Therapeutic interventions

Written communication

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse / Social Worker / Occupational Therapist

Current registration with regulatory body (NMC/AHPC)

ASYE / post-qualification consolidation

Psychotherapeutic interventions qualification

Job description

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If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join us in #PennineCarePeople

· An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Tameside West Specialist Mental Health Team for a Community Psychiatric Nurse, Social Worker or OT to join us in working to provide mental health care to people of working age who have moderate to severe mental health problems across a wide range of presenting conditions.

· There is a strong commitment to promoting your professional development. You will be supported by clinical and management supervision and will be given the opportunity to develop and enhance clinical skills, interventions and case management through a personal development and training plan.

Key Responsibilities of the Post

· As a Specialist Mental Health Practitioner you will be responsible for heath care of patients under secondary care

Key Requirements of the Person Specification

• RMN: Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Occupational therapist with care coordination experience
• Experience in a relevant area of mental health practice.
• Current driving license or supported driver with use of vehicle

Main duties of the job

T o act as a Community Mental Health Practitioner for a defined caseload working with evidence based interventions

• Assess and review needs
• Implementation of care plans
• Assessment, monitoring and management of risk
• Monitor, review and evaluate care
• Liaise with all agencies, and members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Carry out clinic duties such as the Clozaril /administration of depot injections either in the clients home or in the clinics if Nurse qualified where required.
• Supervise Community Support Workers / Band 5s and peers as appropriate
• To maintain accurate, up to date electronic records
• To participate in the CMHT’s duty system on a Rota basis. Be able to offer a rapid response to service users’ immediate needs, including those arising from crisis.
• To work in a therapeutically informed way within the multi-disciplinary team to address the needs of service users with complex emotional disorders.
• To maintain a persistent approach to engagement where there are complex mental health difficulties.
• To prioritise and work flexibly with MDT in order to respond to rapidly changing clinical needs.
• To promote the physical health and wellbeing

Working for our organisation

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 #PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities
To assess the health and social care needs of individuals referred to the service, holistically, under the agreed procedures.
To conduct specialist mental health assessments and risk assessments and devise appropriate care plans and risk management plans.
To provide evidence based therapeutic interventions appropriate to the service users assessed needs.
To provide direct assistance, including education and advice, emotional and psychological support to those referred to the team with the aim of promoting re-enablement and recovery.
To promote choice and service user involvement in care planning and risk management.
To ensure practice is in line with social inclusion and recovery models.
To support and work with colleagues, other MDT members and outside agencies collaboratively and in best interests of the service user.
To liaise with and provide written and verbal feedback to clients, carers and relevant professionals (e.g. GP’s), giving due regard to consent, confidentiality and Information Governance guidelines.
To ensure all carers are signposted to access Carer Assessments.

To report concerns identified under Safeguarding Adults procedures.
To observe the legal requirements of the current Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act and other relevant legislative frameworks.
To maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records on all service user contact, in accordance with current Trust documentation standards, and with due regard to confidentiality and Information Governance guidelines.
To complete all necessary inputting, training and documentation related to electronic record systems.

Financial Management
To use / manage resources within the service efficiently and effectively and to achieve the highest quality service possible within resources available.
To maintain a diary of appointments, expense claims and all activities undertaken and make records/statistical returns available for audit.

Professional
To ensure practice is delivered in accordance with your relevant professional Code of Conduct and Fitness to Practice Guidance.
To maintain Professional Registration with the appropriate regulatory body
To maintain a professional portfolio in accordance regulatory body registration requirements.
To provide advice and professional expertise to other members of the team, service and partner agencies.

Quality Assurance
In collaboration with the Service Manager/Team manager develop, implement and monitor Clinical Governance and Risk Management Initiatives within the team.
Report accidents, untoward incidents and complaints, according to the Trust Policy and participate in resulting investigations and action plans.
To ensure the working environment is safe and that equipment and furnishings are maintained in accordance with Health and Safety Regulations.
To ensure practice is none discriminatory

Developmental
To actively participate in team meetings and contribute to team and service function and development.
In consultation with your manager to participate in professional and other training to meet the Specific objectives as identified in your Individual Performance and Development Review and as the service requires.
To maintain own professional standards of practice by maintaining skills, knowledge and competence.

AFC 17/6/25 JME-121-25 Community Mental Health Worker Band 6

To participate in clinical supervision as required and directed by Trust policy.
To actively participate in annual IPDR process.
To facilitate service user/carer contributions to service developments.
To contribute to the education and development of other team members in own field of expertise.
To participate in clinical audit and the application of evidence-based practise with particular relevance to this client group.
To be a mentor and assessor of allocated students placed in the team.
To undertake mentorship training as directed by team manager.

This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process

General Duties of all post holders
To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, when requested by Senior Staff.
To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines.
To be aware of and work towards the Trusts strategic goals.

Standards of Business Conduct
The post holder will be required to comply with the organisations standing order and standing financial instructions and at all times, deal honestly with the organisation with colleagues and all those who have dealing with the organisation including patients, relative and suppliers.
The post holder must ensure that their behaviour and interests inside and outside work do not conflict with their Trust position, duties and/or responsibilities.
The post holder must comply with and support the development of the performance standards within the service/department to ensure the service is responsive to and meets the needs of its customers.
The post holder will be required to develop and maintain good working relationships with all patients, service users, staff, contractors and where appropriate, members of the public.
The Trust aims to maintain the good will and confidence of its own staff, patients, service users, NHS contractors and the general public. To assist in achieving this objective it is essential that at all times, the post holder carries out their duties in a courteous, sympathetic and professional manner.
All post holders who are members of a professional body must comply with standards of professional practice / conduct. It is the post holders’ responsibilities to ensure they are both familiar with and adhere to these requirements and maintain their professional membership to the relevant body.

Equality and Diversity and Equal Opportunities
The post holder must carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies, avoiding unlawful discriminatory behaviour and actions when dealing with colleagues, service users, members of the public and all other stakeholders.
The post holder must promote awareness of and respect for equality and diversity in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
The post holder is responsible for treating all staff, patients, service users, NHS contractors and the general public with dignity and respect at all times.

Safeguarding
Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust (PCFT) employees have a statutory duty to promote the welfare of children and young people and to protect adults; enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect.
Engagement with safeguarding training, in line with responsibilities, is mandatory for all PCFT employees. PCFT employees must familiarise themselves with policies and procedures and adhere to these.
It is the responsibility of all staff to report safeguarding concerns and familiarise themselves with who to contact in order to do this or seek further guidance.

Professional and Personal Development
The post holder must ensure that they are aware of their responsibilities by attending the Trust Mandatory Training and Induction Programme.
The post holder will be involved in a formal My Yearly Conversations review with their manager at least every 12 months. Once performance / training objectives have been set, the staff member’s progress will be reviewed on a regular basis, so that new objectives can be agreed and set, in order to maintain progress in the service delivery.
The post holder will be expected to take responsibility for their own professional development and will be supported by the Trust to achieve development opportunities as appropriate.

Person specification

Ediucation and Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse / Social Worker / Occupational Therapist
• Current registration with appropriate regulatory body (e.g. NMC, AHPC)
• Completion of appropriate post qualification consolidation e.g. Preceptorship or the assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE)
• Qualification in psychologic therapeutic interventions

Experience

• Substantial experience of relevant post registration practice
• Experience of managing a caseload
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team setting
• Experience of working with people with a range of severe and complex mental health problems
• Experience of clinical supervision of other staff
• Experience of working within a Community setting

Knowledge

• Good working knowledge of therapeutic assessment techniques and interventions in the management of behaviour of individuals with complex mental health needs
• Knowledge of a range of screening and assessment tools and interventions utilised to support individuals with severe and complex mental health problems
• Comprehensive understanding of Safeguarding adults procedures and practice
• Comprehensive understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act and Care Act
• Comprehensive understanding of roles and responsibilities under the Care Programme Approach
• Understanding of key national and local policies and drivers in relation to adult mental health service
• Knowledge of local authority and health commissioning processes

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to undertake the community mental health practitioner role
• Evidence of ability to provide specialist mental health assessment and risk assessment / management and be accountable for decision making
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to engage with and provide therapeutic interventions for this client group and carers
• Ability to prepare, record and complete relevant care records and reports to a professional standard
• Ability to coordinate and delegate the work of junior staff

Work Related Circumstances

• Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs · Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies · Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds to help us grow, innovate, and improve.

If you wish to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.