Community Mental Health Practitioner

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a dedicated mental health professional to join a multidisciplinary team. The role involves providing comprehensive assessments, interventions, and ongoing support for clients facing mental health crises. Flexibility in shift patterns is offered, aligning with the needs of the service users. Ideal candidates will have experience in mental health services and be committed to sensitive and appropriate care delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health services and crisis intervention is desirable.
• Ability to provide sensitive and appropriate care to service users.
• Capable of maintaining a shared caseload and working in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and support for clients referred with psychiatric illnesses.
• Maintain 24-hour availability for service user needs.
• Collaborate with colleagues for effective case management.

Job description

• To be a member of a multidisciplinary MHARS team that will provide a 24 hour, 7 days a week service.
• To participate in the provision of a comprehensive assessment, planning, short term intervention, support and education service to clients referred to the service with a range of psychiatric illnesses and mental health crises.
• To have face-to-face contact and the provision of telephone advice ensuring that the needs of the service users are met in the most sensitive and appropriate way.
• To maintain responsibility for a shared caseload of up to 20 to 30 service users.
• The post holder will receive regular supervision from Band 6 Clinicians and/or the Team Manager.

The team operate a mixed economy shift system allowing staff to choose either a standard shift working pattern (7.5 hour shifts) or long shift working pattern (12 hour shifts). This is negotiated with the team manager those choosing to work long shifts having to pick up a regular short shift or long shift to make up contracted hours. Nights undertaken are 9.5 hours.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.