Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Great Yarmouth; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A health trust in East England seeks a Senior Practitioner for the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team in Great Yarmouth. You will carry out emergency assessments and implement care packages. The position requires a nursing degree or equivalent and risk management experience. Join a supportive team dedicated to improving patient care.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate effective risk management and risk management experience.

Responsibilities

• Carry out emergency assessments from Community Teams, GP's and A&E Out of Hours.
• Plan and implement care packages for Crisis and Home Treatment Team patients.

Skills

Effective risk management

Full driving licence

Education

Nursing degree or equivalent Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent

Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants)

Job description

Senior Practitioner Band 6 role working in the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team

Are you dynamic?

Do you want to make a difference to the care that people receive?

Do you want to influence change?

Then come and join our amazing team here at Great Yarmouth Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team. We are a unique team in that we are integrated to the ward and our day-care facilities as a partial hospitalisation service which enhances and supports patient centred care to provide a smooth transition throughout our services to ensure that the highest quality of care is received for all our patients and carers.

Main duties of the job

Within this role you will also carry out emergency assessments from Community Teams, GP's and A&E Out of Hours in view of gate-keeping possible admissions, ongoing care or referral to external teams. The team also visits Service Users at home to plan and implement care packages for Crisis and Home Treatment Team patients.

As a team we embrace a Quality Improvement approach.

We are a small team where retention is high and the opportunities to work between our services for individual development is very much supported. We pride ourselves in ensuring that our team are supported and given the best opportunities where possible.

About us

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 professional 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.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to work flexibly as this service covers 24 hours 7 days a week. Although you will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, there will be elements of lone working. The post will sit under the Great Yarmouth & Waveney Acute Mental Health Services within a supportive and progressive Locality.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or equivalent Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
• Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants) or Practice Educator (AHP & Social Worker Registrants)

Experience

• Demonstrate effective risk management and risk management experience

Skills

• Full driving licence

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.

Great Yarmouth Acute Services, Northgate Hospital

£38,682 to £46,580 a yeargross per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Reference number

246-GYW7202041-C

Job locations

Great Yarmouth Acute Services, Northgate Hospital