Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

Devon Partnership Trust; Barnstaple; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Devon Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner to join the Taw Core Adult Mental Health Team at West Pilton Health & Wellbeing Clinic, Barnstaple. The role focuses on expert assessment, treatment planning, and coordinated care across family and partner agencies.

Travel to meet role requirements is essential. We value recovery-focused care, multidisciplinary collaboration, and creative, patient-centred approaches to improve community outcomes.

Qualifications

• Excellent clinical assessment skills and ability to manage risk.
• Experience in community mental health settings and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to travel to meet role requirements and participate in leadership duties.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality comprehensive mental health services with defined caseload.
• Provide expert assessment and treatment for complex mental health needs.
• Lead and supervise junior staff and participate in service development and evaluation.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Multi-disciplinary working

Communication skills

Education

NMC/HCPC registration or equivalent

Professional qualification in mental health (RMN/Social Work/OT)

Job description

Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Senior MentalHealth Practitioner within the Taw Core Adult Mental Health Team based at WestPilton Health & Wellbeing Clinic, Barnstaple.

As part of Devon Partnership Trust, the team at West Piltonprovides mental health treatments and interventions to adults of working ageacross rural and coastal demographics that combine to make this a fascinatingand beautiful area to work.

The successful candidate will be joining a dynamic,motivated and skilled service helping the team to build upon their achievementsand continue to work to improve the interventions that they provide.

Devon Partnership NHS Trust is growing as we establishourselves us as one of the leading providers of mental health services in thecountry.Please note you must already hold a UK Professional Registration and be able to demonstrate the ability to travel to meet the requirements of the role to be considered for this post

Main duties of the job

The post holder will deliver high quality comprehensivemental health services. The role involves managing a defined caseload with afocus on providing expert assessment and treatment for people with complexmental health difficulties. Liaising with the persons family, carers andpartner agencies to provide and balanced and informed approach.

Adopting a recovery co-ordination approach to mutuallydesign a personalised plan of treatment packages that is agreed by theindividual and evaluated to evaluate efficacy and patient experience.

We are looking for someone with enthusiasm and energy whowants to make a difference to peoples lives; is creative, innovative and highlymotivated. You must have assessment and care planning skills and experience inmental health and multi-disciplinary working is desirable.

You will need to have excellent communication skills, beable to exercise clinical judgement in respect of assessing and managing risk.In addition, you need to be committed to the values and principles of recovery,and able to help deliver a safe, timely, caring and responsive service. This isa really great opportunity to join the Taw Core team at an interesting andexciting time as we work towards transforming our community service so that weoffer the best and most comprehensive care to the people of Taw.

About us

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification which will provide further information on this role.

The post holder will deliver high quality comprehensivemental health services. The role involves managing a defined caseload with afocus on providing expert assessment and treatment for people with complexmental health difficulties and their carers. This will include keyworker (design and co-ordination of treatment packages that arepersonalised. The liaison with a wide range of statutory andnon-statutory agencies is central to this role.

The post holder will contribute to the clinical leadershipof the team, providing supervision for other members and participating in teamand service development, and evaluation.

Person Specification

Experience

• Extensive post registration experience working at band 6 in mental health care working in at least two inpatient and one community settings or substantial experience in both inpatient and community settings within a mental health and/or learning disabilities setting? Evidence of acting as nurse in charge on a regular basis;
• Substantial experience of managing/leading a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health conditions within a community setting and without supervision;
• Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
• Experience of clinically supervising junior and unqualified staff and mentoring students
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
• Participation in user involvement in services.
• Experience in deputising for more senior staff
• Evidence of following through specific pieces of work or projects as delegated by managers or others

Skills & Abilities

• The ability to travel to meet the requirements of the role
• Excellent clinical assessment skills.
• Ability to manage change in a positive manner.

Qualifications

• A professional mental health qualification eg RMN, Social Work Degree or equivalent, BSc/Diploma in OT, SROT, on the appropriate professional body register and hold current UK registration with no restrictions (EG NMC / HCPC / SWE).
• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development Mentoring students in line with professional requirement.
• Post graduate qualification relevant to specialism Clinical Supervision qualification Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff Evidence of leadership/management training within a core service

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.