Mental Health Practitioner | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Blackburn; In loco; GBP 40.000 - 48.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible working

Training and development

Wellbeing resources

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Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner to join the perinatal service. The role involves specialist assessments for women referred into the service and managing an allocated caseload in collaboration with senior clinicians.

You will work within the Care Programme Approach framework, supporting the delivery of high-quality care for mothers and infants. The post emphasises professional development, mentorship, and flexible working patterns.

Competenze

• Registration in RMN, Social Work or OT required.
• Experience in perinatal mental health is advantageous but training will be provided.
• Experience in care coordination within a mental health setting is desirable.

Mansioni

• Conduct specialist assessments for women referred to the service.
• Manage an allocated caseload alongside senior clinicians.
• Work within the Care Programme Approach framework to coordinate complex care for mother and infant.
• Act as an autonomous senior clinician with defined caseload responsibilities.
• Provide mentorship, supervision and contribute to staff development in perinatal mental health.

Conoscenze

RMN registration

Social Work registration

OT registration

Care coordination

Perinatal mental health

Multidisciplinary teamwork

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Mental Health Practitioner | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The team covers the Pennine Lancashire footprint of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen. We are seeking applications from confident and enthusiastic professionals who hold RMN/Social Work/OT registrations who are passionate about working in a perinatal service and have experience in a mental health, care coordination role. Post holders will carry out specialist assessments of women referred into the service and also be responsible for an allocated caseload working alongside senior clinicians and have responsibility for the delivery of high quality care.

We welcome applications from both male and female applicants and although advantageous, there is no requirement to have previous perinatal experience, as training will be provided. As a team and service, we support flexible working and offer fantastic training and development opportunities!

To work as a member of a multi-disciplinary community mental health team offering a comprehensive perinatal mental health service to women experiencing mental health difficulties.

To participate in the development and maintenance of a quality region wide perinatal service through effective collaboration, liaison and prioritisation with statutory and non-statutory organisations.

Contribution to the building up of local care networks for mothers across the Lancashire and South Cumbria Region.

To work as a Care Co-ordinator in partnership with service users and other professionals’ within the Care Programme Approach framework managing and co-ordinating complex packages of care for both mother and infant.

To act as an autonomous senior clinician being accountable for a defined caseload.

To manage self and practice in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Professional Conduct / The British Association and College of Occupational Therapists., recognizing limitations, demonstrating ability to practice within ethical and legal frameworks with clear understanding of service users, and their families' civil rights.

To support, supervise and contribute to the professional development of members of staff working in health and social care regarding perinatal mental health.

To participate in the mentorship, education and supervision of students from a range of disciplines.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our workforce well

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

£39,959 - £48,117 per annum (subject to confirmation)