Mental Health Practitioner RMN/SW

NHS; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Qualified Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join The Fylde Frequent Attenders Team. This post will cover Blackpool, Wyre, and Fylde localities.

Service users within the "Frequent Attender Programme" are high intensity/complex individuals with multiple issues and needs. They can be frequent attenders within the Emergency Department or come to the attention of emergency services such as the police and be subject to multiple Sc 136s. They may also frequently utilize other emergency services such as the police or NWAS. Individuals may also be receiving care from the Home Based Treatment Team or CMHT.

Main Duties of the Job

We need staff who are highly motivated and proactive and who are able to work assertively and empathically with people within the locality to encourage their engagement with multi-agency services and support them within their recovery. This will involve working collaboratively with other agencies to aid engagement to meet the needs of the service user. The B6 MHPs will provide a comprehensive assessment and develop collaborative care plans with Service Users and other agencies and, where necessary, signpost to other services within the community. For those Service Users that are already known to mental health services, you will work collaboratively with the Key Worker to develop a robust plan of care (or dovetail care plans) that multi-agencies are involved with to support the person and prevent crisis.

About Us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health, and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria, and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time, and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Job Responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Education

• Registered Mental Health Practitioner
• Practice teacher qualification/student supervisor

Knowledge

• Able to understand the difference between crisis planning and contingency planning and able to formulate explicit planning in these areas
• Knowledge, understanding, and experience of the care pathways for psychosis and non-psychosis and relevant interventions
• Effective communication with service users, carers, and members of the multidisciplinary teams. Strong customer service and negotiation skills

Skills and Abilities

• Motivational skills
• Assertiveness skills in relation to bed management
• Demonstrate the ability to work sensitively in a non-judgmental way with service users who are in crisis

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.