Community Mental Health Practitioner

Military Medical Personnel; Hereford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare staffing agency is seeking a Locum Community Mental Health Practitioner for an assignment at Hereford Medical Centre. The successful candidate will provide high-quality mental health services to Ministry of Defence personnel, conduct assessments, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team. Essential qualifications include post-graduate training in recognized psychological interventions and at least 2 years of mental health experience. Pay rates are competitive, at £24.59 per hour for payees and £28.28 per hour via umbrella.

Qualifications

• Must have 2 years’ experience in a Mental Health role.
• Must be UKCP or BACP registered psychotherapist.
• Must hold personal medical indemnity insurance.

Responsibilities

• Provide outpatient, occupationally focused community mental health service.
• Conduct initial mental health assessments and ongoing evaluations.
• Maintain accurate electronic records and clinical notes.

Skills

Experience in adult mental health services

Use of NICE-recommended psychological interventions

Ability to provide emotional support

Clinical supervision skills

Education

Post-graduate training in NICE-recognised modalities

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Locum Community Mental Health Practitioner to cover an assignment with the Ministry of Defence (MoD), at Hereford Medical Centre & PCRF, in Hereford, Herefordshire. This is a locum role (37.5 hours per week) and the successful candidate will deliver an exceptional standard of care to the MoD service personnel.

Responsibilities

• Provide an outpatient, occupationally focused community mental health service within the area of responsibility (AOR) of the Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH)/liaison role. This includes helping to organise and deliver therapeutic interventions, educational training and mental health promotion initiatives in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary mental health team.
• Carry out initial mental health assessments and subsequent reviews for all personnel referred to the DCMH.
• Be responsible for an identified caseload by reviewing client needs with ongoing development and evaluation of individual treatment plans.
• Maintain accurate contemporaneous electronic records and clinical notes of all client contact.
• Provide reports to and maintain effective liaison with referring Medical Officers (MOs), General Practitioners and other relevant professional agencies following initial assessment, on discharge or whenever appropriate.
• Participate in and provide clinical supervision.
• Participate in departmental clinical and business meetings and take the lead in initiatives as directed by the Clinical Lead or Department Manager.
• Recognise limits of competence and seek clinical supervision and/or advice as appropriate.
• Be involved in Health Governance (HG) and take the lead on initiatives (e.g. audits) as directed by the HG lead.
• Deliver up-to-date, evidence-based interventions for mental health problems based on guidance from NICE and the National Treatment Agency (NTA).

Essential requirements / Qualifications / Experience

1. Essential: Experience working within adult mental health services; experience of working in a Community Mental Health setting; demonstrable experience of using NICE-recommended psychological interventions for common mental disorders.
2. UKCP or BACP registered psychotherapist with post-graduate training and accreditation in NICE-recognised modalities for common mental disorders (e.g. CBT, Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Counselling for Depression, etc.).
3. Must be in date for Basic Life Support (BLS), Anaphylaxis, Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC); able to provide certification.
4. Must have 2 years’ experience in a Mental Health role.
5. Must hold current, valid personal medical indemnity insurance.
6. Maintain patient safety, support, develop and promote healthcare governance activity and, in conjunction with the Medical Facility leadership team, focus and drive quality improvement.
7. Must be in date and able to provide certification for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Safeguarding Adults up to and including Level 3 training.

Pay rates

Payee – £24.59 per hour

Umbrella - £28.28 per hour