Community Mental Health Practitioner

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; Sur place; GBP 28 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Generous annual leave

Flexible working

Continued Professional Development

Involvement in improvement andresearch

Health and Wellbeing activities

Staff discounts

Résumé du poste

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Stockport is seeking a Community Mental Health Practitioner to join our CMHT team. You will provide holistic assessment, planning and risk management for adults with severe and enduring mental health conditions, and work as a key worker within a recovery‑oriented service.

This role includes supervising junior staff and students, administering depot medication where needed, and contributing to service development as part of our Living Well initiatives and

Qualifications

• Holistic assessment, interventions, risk assessments and care plans for adults on caseload.
• Experience supervising staff and students in a clinical setting is desirable.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary community mental health team.

Responsabilités

• Provide holistic assessments and care plans for adults with severe mental illness.
• Carry out risk assessments and develop care plans.
• Administer depot medication for patients unable to attend clinic.
• Act as a key worker for an identified group of clients and support recovery and social inclusion.
• Provide supervision to staff and students on placement.

Description du poste

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.

Please see Job Description for main details of the job in more detail.

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 #PennineCarePeople and 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

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachael Hughes Job title: Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 716 4100

Or Jackie Boyd, team Manager, 0161 716 4200, [e-mail]