Community Mental Health Practitioner

Merseycare; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team dedicated to providing modern mental health services in Liverpool. This role offers a chance to make a real difference in the lives of individuals with mental health challenges. As part of a committed team, you'll deliver high-quality, recovery-focused interventions while benefiting from ongoing professional development and clinical supervision. This is an exciting opportunity for those looking to grow as practitioners in a supportive environment that values diversity and inclusion. If you're passionate about mental health and eager to contribute to a meaningful cause, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Degree required with evidence of post-registration study.
• Experience in mental health and multi-disciplinary teams is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver recovery-focused mental health interventions.
• Coordinate care and develop care plans for service users.
• Participate in service user reviews and evaluations.

Skills

Effective Communication

Listening Skills

Negotiation Skills

Teamwork

Professional Attitude

Flexibility

Caring and Compassionate Attitude

Education

Degree

Post-registration Study

Approved Training in CYPMHS

Job description

Main area: Community Nursing - Mental Health Services

Grade Band: 5

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 350-MHC6863933

Site: Moss House CMHT

Town: Liverpool

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 19/01/2025 23:59

Interview date: 30/01/2025

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.

Job overview

We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic individual to join our fast-paced, dynamic Moss House Community Mental Health Team. We are working towards delivering a thoroughly modern mental health service that offers excellent standards of care and meaningful person-centred interventions.

This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who is interested in developing as a practitioner and person. Development opportunities will be available and regular clinical supervision and support will be provided.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to deliver high quality, recovery-focused mental health interventions to the population of South Liverpool. This may range from a brief therapeutic intervention with some key worker responsibilities, to a complex package of care to meet the needs of a vulnerable service user.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop skills learned in training and to move forward with an exciting career with lots of opportunities for the future.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical:

1. To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the Community Mental Health Framework and under the supervision of the line manager.
2. To ensure that the service user's care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual and that we are delivering care as identified in the care plan.
3. To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.
4. To develop a risk management plan for service users, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team.
5. To direct unqualified staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.
6. To participate in setting standards for care based on sound evidence-based and research findings.
7. To participate in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users that you have responsibility for with guidance from a supervisor.
8. To communicate with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the communication of any relevant information which has an impact on the service user’s care.
9. To have knowledge of the Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation.
10. To provide and coordinate the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service users and monitor their effectiveness.
11. To ensure that all relevant information with regards to a service user's care and treatment is documented accurately and legibly into the health record.
12. To actively participate in service user reviews ensuring that service user needs are met.
13. To develop care plans that enable service users to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and independence to help them to remain in the community in their chosen setting.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree
• Evidence of post-registration study
• Approved training in CYPMHS

Knowledge/ Experience

• Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems
• Effective Care Co-ordination
• Care Planning and evaluation
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of working with young people

Skills

• Able to communicate effectively
• Possess good listening and negotiation skills
• Ability to work as a member of a team
• Professional attitude
• Flexibility
• Possess a caring, compassionate and empathic attitude

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.

Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email [e-mail] to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

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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.

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