Mental Health Practitioner

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Wealden; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Supportive team and supervision

Job summary

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board seeks experienced mental health clinicians to join a busy team supporting Sussex-wide callers in crisis. You will be trained in triage and risk formulation, using these alongside your clinical skills to support callers and signpost to urgent care services across Sussex.

You will supervise a team of Call Operators and provide pastoral care, serving as escalation for complex calls.

Qualifications

• Experienced in risk assessment and management.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and varied role.
• Ability to work flexible hours; to include evenings, weekends and nights.
• Able to work autonomously.
• Travel to an office in Seaford, East Sussex.

Responsibilities

• Provide triage and risk formulation/assessments to callers.
• Support callers and signpost to urgent care services as needed.
• Supervise and support a team of call operators dealing with complex calls.
• Offer pastoral care and act as escalation point for the team.

Skills

Risk assessment

Crisis intervention

Autonomy

Staff supervision

Flexible hours

Education

NMC/HPCP/SWE registration

Job description

We are looking to recruit experienced mental health clinicians to join our busy team. You will be joining a friendly, supportive and dedicated team responding to Sussex-wide callers who require support for their own or others mental health. As a clinician you will be trained in triage and risk formulation/assessments to be utilised alongside your existing skills, to support callers and where necessary signpost to urgent care services across Sussex. You will also supervise, offer pastoral care and act as a point of escalation for a team of Call Operators who may require support with complex calls., To be successful in this role you will share our passion, desire and empathetic approach to supporting people of all ages with complex mental health needs, who are often experiencing crisis.

• Registered with the NMC, HCPC or Social Work England via a core professional qualification Applications are welcomed from OTs, Mental Health Nurses and Social Workers
• Experienced in risk assessment and management
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and varied role
• Ability to work flexible hours; to include evenings, weekends and nights
• Able to work autonomously
• Ability to travel and work from an office based in Seaford, EastSussex.

It would also be advantageous if you are:

• Have a background within urgent care/ crisis/ liaison service(s)

Flexibility with working patterns to include some weekend and evening work is essential. This does bring with it increased rates of pay for unsocial hours as set out under the Agenda for Change (AfC) guidelines.

• Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
• Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
• Experience of working consultatively with professionals
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
• Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Previous experience of working in the community, Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
• Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
• Experience of working consultatively with professionals
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
• Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Previous experience of working in the community

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.

• Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns
• Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
• With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

Key staff survey results include:

• + 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work + 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team + 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
• We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide.