Senior CMHT Mental Health Practitioner - Flexible Team

Lancashire & South Cumbria Nhs Foundation Trust; Healey; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner for the Adult Community Mental Health Team based at Chorley Health Centre. The role involves clinical work with service users, multidisciplinary collaboration and managing complex care pathways.

You will work within a supportive, flexible team that values development, with opportunities to contribute to patient care plans and to participate in a duty system on a rotational basis.

Qualifications

• Post-qualification experience in working clinically with service users experiencing mental health problems.
• Experience with assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs and pathways.
• Knowledge of psychotropic medications and monitoring them, including Clozapine and Lithium.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive assessment, advice and treatment to people with highly complex needs in Community Services.
• Deliver specialist interventions in line with care pathways.
• Work closely with professionals within and outside the Community Team.
• Actively supports the Team Leader/Advanced Practitioner in KPI/CQUIN targets and regulatory requirements.
• Take the lead on specific objectives as directed by the Team Lead and Clinical Team Lead.
• Provide supervision and development support to practitioners and staff within community services.

Skills

Knowledge of mental illness

Pharmaceutical knowledge

CPD focus

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Registered social worker

Job description

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner for the Adult Community Mental Health Team based at Chorley Health Centre. The role involves clinical work with service users, multidisciplinary collaboration and managing complex care pathways.

You will work within a supportive, flexible team that values development, with opportunities to contribute to patient care plans and to participate in a duty system on a rotational basis.