Community Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Totnes; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a compassionate Community Mental Health Practitioner to join their team in Totnes. This role involves delivering high-quality nursing care and managing a caseload of adults with mental health difficulties. The ideal candidate should have a relevant nursing qualification and experience in mental health settings. This position offers opportunities for professional development within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working opportunities

Professional development support

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with an up-to-date professional qualification.
• Experience in mental health, managing a caseload of clients.
• Understanding of mental health legislation and recovery principles.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality evidence-based nursing care.
• Manage a defined caseload of adults with mental health needs.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team for coordinated care.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical assessment skills

Teamwork

Analytical skills

Education

Registration with a relevant professional body (e.g., RMN, OT)

Post-registration training in relevant field

Job description

Are you a compassionate andmotivated registered nurse looking to develop your career in mental health?Were looking for a Band 5 Community Mental Health Practitioner to join our dynamicand supportive multidisciplinary team at the South Hams Community Mental Health Team.

This is an excitingopportunity for a newly qualified or experienced nurse who is passionate aboutdelivering high-quality, person-centred care to adults experiencing mentalhealth difficulties in the community. Youll work closely with service users,their families, and our wider team to promote recovery, independence, andwellbeing.

Main duties of the job

Deliver high-quality,evidence-based nursing care to adults with complex mental health needs.

Undertake assessments,develop care plans, and provide therapeutic interventions.

Work collaboratively withmultidisciplinary colleagues, GPs, social care, and voluntary sector partners.

Participate in team meetings,case discussions, and professional development activities.

Support crisis management andcontribute to ongoing risk assessment and care coordination.

About us

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

The post holder will deliver high quality mental health services, The role involves managing adefined caseload. The focus will be providing continuous assessment and treatment to peoplewith mental health difficulties and their carers. This will include recovery co-ordination and caremanagement functions, liaison with statutory and non-statutory organisations. The post holderwill be an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team.

Duties and Responsibilities

Communication and Working Relationship Skills.

Contribute to the teams engagement including liaising with a wide range of otherprofessionals and agencies.

Impart complex and sensitive information to :

Patients and families/carers re assessment, care planning, treatment and review.

Multi disciplinary teams to ensure the provision of consistent well coordinatedcare.

Primary care teams regarding client care.

External agencies also involved in the provision of care e.g.: voluntary andprivate sector, police, social services, housing, employment etc.

Service user/carer groups

Contribute to the safe and effective day to day operations of the service including thehandling of clinical enquires.

Provide and receive information some of which may be contentious, sensitive andcomplex to and from individuals and their families/carers and actively seek support asappropriate.

Provide a high standards of written and verbal communication that is clear and in linewith professional documentation standards.

Participate in clinical meetings,, this will include CPA and non-CPA reviews, professionalmeetings, and clinical risk meetings.

Communicate information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable for serviceusers and carers, working in line with practice standards and operational policies.

Actively contribute to multi-disciplinary team working.

Facilitate fair access to social care services and promote social inclusion regardless ofage, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or disability.

Analytical and Judgemental Skills

Undertake risk assessments and determine the appropriate course of action, which hastaken into consideration a range of possible options. Where necessary, ensure thatconsultation with senior colleagues is undertaken.

Undertake and continuously re-evaluate bio-psycho-social assessments and develop aworking formulation and diagnosis which will lead to the development of personalisedcare packages in line with evidence based and payment by results.

Where necessary,ensure that consultation with senior colleagues is undertaken.

Have an awareness of your own clinical competencies, knowledge base and experience,and ensure that you practice within this and seek support as required.

Planning and Organisational SkillsOrganise meetings, including CPA and non-CPA professional and risk meetings.

Responsible for managing own workload to ensure the needs to the individuals who use our services are met, taking the wider needs of the team into consideration.

Ensure that interventions are planned in an integrated and co-ordinated manner, thismay include liaison with external agencies.

Plan and organise individuals packages of care and ensure that reviews are held withinthe required time frames, for example Section 117, Funding Panels and CPA.

Plan their own workload and the workload of junior colleagues (e.g. Band 3 colleagues)to ensure that care is provided in the most high quality and cost efficient manner.

Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy

Ensure that designated caseload is well managed and that care and treatment isprovided in line with practice standards and recovery co-ordination (CPA and non-CPA ).

Understand social factors that impact upon mental healthDeliver care packages including assessing, planning, intervention and evaluation.

Ensure that all interventions have clear outcomes and that these are taken intoconsideration when sourcing the resources to best meet the individuals needs. This willinclude enabling individuals to take up Direct Payments and offering the person as muchchoice and control of resources as appropriate.

Ensure that all social care packages are reviewed within the relevant timescales andfocus on integration within existing community resources where possible.

Deliver services using a recovery and strengths approach where the needs of theindividual and their carers are held as central and their involvement is proactivelyencouraged.

Deliver care in line with evidence based practice and employ engagement andtherapeutic skills that are appropriate to the clinical situation presented.

Provide specialist advice to referrers/other multi-disciplinary staff in relation to the care ofindividuals.

Enable communication and engagement of individuals and their carers to ensure thatthey have a voice about the services they receive and how these are developed. Thismay include engagement of advocacy services.

Ensure that appropriate action is taken to safeguarding adults and children. This willinclude attending safeguarding meetings and implementing relevant care plans under theguidance of a Senior Mental Health Practitioner.

Ensure that assessment and treatment plans are holistic, outcome focused and take intoaccount the physical health and social needs of the individual, including input ofsignificant others.

Ensure the monitoring and review of mental health medication taking into considerationinteractions with physical health needs.Ensuring timely and accurate documentation of all clinical activity in line withprofessional guidance and best practice.

Practice in a way that actively minimises dependency and promotes recovery.Contribute to clinical governance arrangements in order to ensure the quality of theservice provided, this will include ensuring performance targets are met to provide highquality care.

Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation

Engagement in the development of mental health services as guided by linemanagementInvolvement in the implementation of local systems and process in your own area of work.

Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources

Prepare care panel applications as guided by the line manager,

Responsible for the safe use of any equipmentResponsibility for handling of monies and individuals valuablesponsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision, Training, HR Advice andManagementProvision of day to day supervision and clinical supervision as allocated by line managerDemonstrate and role model excellent clinical skills.Mentor students in line with professional requirements. Ensure that core training is maintained and you participate in training and developmentopportunities, in line with the Directorates Workforce Plan, and to meet professionalrequirements.Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative DutiesEnsure information resources are used to maintain a knowledge of Trust, Directorate andTeam priorities and safety initiatives.Maintain up to date clinical record in a timely and accurate manner.Ensure information is shared with key stakeholders and other agencies in a securemanner. Responsibility for Research and DevelopmentAssist in a programme of research as directed by the line managerFreedom to ActWork within the parameters of a defined caseload and take accountability for your ownactions. Work within the operational policies and service specifications of the team.

Person Specification

Planning & Organising Skills

• Able to prioritise work to reflect changing needs.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to manage own time.
• Ability to work flexibly.
• Ability to work to deadlines.

Knowledge

• An understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
• An understanding of CPA Process.
• Understanding of recovery principles in Mental Health.

Experience

• Postgraduate experience in at least two inpatient settings or substantial experience working within a mental health and/or
• Managing a caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems.
• Demonstrates sound theoretical knowledge of mental health practice.
• Working within a community setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
• Providing clinical supervision.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
• Demonstrates experience of, and relevant professional practice qualification in mentoring/assessing students and learners.

Analytical & Judgement Skills

• Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions.
• Ability to assess risk.

Communication Skills

• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health
• problems.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals from various settings.

Qualifications

• An appropriate up to date professional mental health qualification eg RMN, OT or social worker on the appropriate
• professional body register and hold current registration with no restrictions.
• It will be an essential requirement for newly qualified social workers to demonstrate that they have completed The
• Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) before commencing in post or there will be a requirement to
• complete this within the first 12 months of employment with the Trust.
• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development.
• Training to level 2 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff.
• Post registration training in relevant field.

Other Skills

• Ability to be mobile across a geographical area.
• Good clinical assessment skills.
• Ability to manage change in a positive manner.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.