Mental Health Clinical Team Lead

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust in Stoke-on-Trent is seeking a registered mental health practitioner to join a dedicated team and deliver high-quality care within a supportive environment.

You will work with service users and carers, uphold dignity and equality, and contribute to comprehensive assessments and safe medication practices. The role requires Band 6 experience and relevant professional qualifications.

Qualifications

• A registered mental health practitioner with a degree in nursing, social work or occupational therapy or equivalent experience.
• Post qualification work in core profession. Experience of managing clinical practice at band 6.
• Specialist clinical knowledge of medical and psychiatric conditions, diagnosis, treatment and care including contraindications and side effects to medications, relevant to health speciality.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a positive practitioner-patient relationship with service users and carers, with joint care decisions wherever possible.
• Deliver care that is sensitive to age, culture, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability and spirituality.
• Engage with service users and carers to prevent distress and promote recovery.
• Demonstrate a competent knowledge of physical and mental health conditions, diagnosis, treatment and care, and carry out comprehensive mental health assessments.
• Ensure medication is administered safely by a registered practitioner with knowledge of contraindications and side effects.
• Contribute to the clinical vision for the service so all staff can describe how they contribute to it.

Education

Degree in nursing, social work or occupational therapy or equivalent experience

Job description

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust in Stoke-on-Trent is seeking a registered mental health practitioner to join a dedicated team and deliver high-quality care within a supportive environment.

You will work with service users and carers, uphold dignity and equality, and contribute to comprehensive assessments and safe medication practices. The role requires Band 6 experience and relevant professional qualifications.