Senior Mental Health Practitioner

NSFT Jobs; East Suffolk; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

NSFT's Waveney Mental Health Team invites applications for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner to join the Waveney Adult Community Mental Health Team. You will be a qualified professional Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with community experience supporting working age adults with mental health problems under the Care Programme Approach.

You will work in a friendly multidisciplinary team and participate in triage and assessment of referrals from GP surgeries and other

Qualifications

• Qualified professional Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with experience in community settings.

Responsibilities

• To undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care with minimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice within a multidisciplinary and multi-agency environment.
• To manage a caseload and provide mental health care services to people with mental health needs.
• To be responsible for accurate mental health clustering of all patients on admission, discharge and at review.
• To ensure all clustering information is passed to other Trust teams on transfer of patients.
• To ensure accuracy and quality of mental health clustering activity within the team.
• Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence.

Job description

Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner - Waveney Adult Community Mental Health Team

Waveney Mental Health Team are looking for new Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioners. You will be a qualified professional Nurse,

Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with experience of working in the community supporting working age adults with mental health problems following the Care Programme Approach. The successful candidate will demonstrate a sound understanding of their role as a Care Coordinator and join our friendly multidisciplinary team of Social Workers, O.T.s and Nurses who are experienced community practitioners. You also will be part of the triage and assessment process within the team for referrals from the GP surgeries and other services. So, you will need to demonstrate robust and sound assessment skills. Your potential team colleagues are Assistant Practitioners, Peer workers, Psychologists, Psychological therapists, Carer’s support, Physical health lead, Employment worker, Psychiatrists and Therapists all ably supported by our admin staff.

• To undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care with minimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multidisciplinary and multi-agency environment.
• To manage a caseload and the provision of mental health care services to people with mental health care need.
• To be responsible for accurate mental health clustering of all patients on admission, discharge and at review.
• To ensure all mental health clustering information is passed onto other Trust teams or services on transfer of patients.
• To ensure accuracy and quality of mental health clustering activity within the team.
• Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us?

We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?

The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: James Farebrother Job title: Community Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01502 532 100