Mental Health Practitioner

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Hilcote; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working where possible

27 days annual leave + Bank Holidays

NHS pension scheme

Ongoing training and appraisal

Health service discounts

Job summary

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a role within a 24/7 crisis and resolution home treatment service for adults 18–65. The post collaborates with nurses, medics, occupational therapists, social workers, researchers, pharmacists and psychologists to provide expert-led triage, rapid response and assessment in the community.

The successful candidate will deliver crisis interventions, clinical consultations and timely guidance to ensure safe, effective care for service

Qualifications

• A registered or recently qualified MH Nurse/Social Worker or OT, that holds the relevant professional registration
• A keen, compassionate, dynamic mental health practitioner with knowledge of working within mental health settings
• Passionate about crisis work and ensuring safe and effective interventions are delivered to service users, their families and other professionals
• A good communicator who strives to ensure patients receive the highest standard of care
• A visible role model that echoes the values of the Trust and the vision of our services - to make a positive difference in people's lives by improving health and wellbeing

Job description

You will be a member of a collaborative, well-established, progressively developing service within Derbyshire, providing a 24/7 crisis and resolution home treatment for all adults, aged between 18 and 65, who require a clinical consultation for a mental health crisis. The team consists of a variety of workers from multi-disciplinary backgrounds including nurses, medics, occupational therapists, social workers, research assistant, pharmacy and psychology who work alongside each other to ensure excellent care is given to all who come into contact with the service. You will promote a dynamic and innovative way of working, providing an expert led triage function based on a collaborative referral process inclusive of a prompt and timely response which leads onto assessment and home treatment functions as and when clinically necessary and/or discussion around most appropriate needs for a person.

• A registered or recently qualified MH Nurse/Social Worker or OT, that holds the relevant professional registration?
• A keen, compassionate, dynamic mental health practitioner with knowledge of working within mental health settings?
• Passionate about crisis work and ensuring safe and effective interventions are delivered to service users, their families and other professionals?
• A good communicator who strives to ensure patients receive the highest standard of care?
• A visible role model that echoes the values of the Trust and the vision of our services - to make a positive difference in people's lives by improving health and wellbeing? DHcFT is an NHS Trust that strives for innovation and improvement for the service and individuals that work within it.

Our Vision is to make a positive difference in people's lives by improving health and wellbeing. Our objectives are to provide great care, be a great place to work and best use of money. Our values of People first, Respect, Honesty and Do your best are why our workforce chose to work for the NHS & DHcFT.

Here are just some of the benefits of working for DHCFT:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities