Mental Health Practitioner (RMN/OT/SW)

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Wick; À distance; GBP 32 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working

Wellbeing resources and support

Professional development through appra

Résumé du poste

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner to join the Pennine West Home Based Treatment Team. The role treats individuals in acute mental health crisis at home, collaborating with carers and a multidisciplinary team to plan care, assess risk and coordinate shifts.

Registration with NMC, HCPC or Social Work England is required, with experience in complex mental health needs and home treatment interventions. Flexible, travel-enabled and 24-hour shift work are involved.

Qualifications

• Registration as a mental health nurse with the NMC
• HCPC registration as an occupational therapist
• Social Work England registration as a social worker

Responsabilités

• Plan care collaboratively with service users and carers
• Undertake risk assessments and record risks per policy
• Gatekeeping to ensure least restrictive care settings
• Deliver evidence-based home treatment interventions
• Provide psychosocial support during home treatment
• Coordinate shifts and allocate shift coordination
• Support carers during crisis
• Travel as required and work 24-hour shift patterns

Connaissances

NMC Registered Nurse

HCPC Registered OT

Social Work England Registered SW

Description du poste

A Mental Health Practitioner post in the Pennine West Home Based Treatment Team, open to registered mental health nurses, occupational therapists and social workers. The team treats people in acute mental health crisis at home as an alternative to psychiatric admission, supporting their carers too. The work centres on collaborative care planning, risk assessment and shift co-ordination within a multi-disciplinary team, on a 24-hour shift pattern. Candidates need registration in one of the three professions and experience of complex mental health needs.

What the job involves

• Plan care collaboratively with service users and their carers
• Undertake risk assessment and record risks in line with trust policy
• Carry out gatekeeping assessments so people are treated in the least restrictive setting
• Deliver evidence-based home treatment interventions and keep knowledge of them current
• Provide psychosocial interventions during a person's period of home treatment
• Take part in the multi-disciplinary team and agree care plans with patients
• Co-ordinate shifts and allocate shift co-ordination when assigned
• Support loved ones and carers during periods of crisis

What’s required

Registration & licences

• Registration as a mental health nurse with the NMC
• HCPC registration as an occupational therapist
• Social Work England registration as a social worker

Experience

• Experience of working with service users who have complex mental health needs
• Experience of implementing effective, evidence-based care management and assessment
• Assertiveness in relation to bed management

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to distinguish crisis planning from contingency planning and formulate explicit plans in both
• Knowledge of care pathways for psychosis and non-psychosis and relevant interventions
• Effective communication with service users, carers and multi-disciplinary team members, with strong customer service and negotiation skills
• Motivational skills
• Working sensitively and without judgement with service users in crisis
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Other

• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the role
• Ability to work a 24-hour shift pattern

Nice to have

• Practice teacher qualification or student supervisor qualification

What’s offered

• Flexible working, including term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time
• Wellbeing resources, tools and support
• Professional development supported through the appraisal process
• Regular 1:1 supervision