Senior Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking compassionate Senior Registered Mental Health Practitioners to join their dynamic team. This rewarding role involves providing critical support to individuals in crisis, utilizing your clinical skills in a proactive environment. You will engage in intensive work aimed at preventing hospital admissions, ensuring the best outcomes for service users. The organization values professional development and offers comprehensive training opportunities. If you are motivated to make a positive impact in mental health care, this position could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programs

Career progression opportunities

Annual leave starting at 27 days

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Degree in Nursing or equivalent with ongoing professional development.
• Experience in mental health practice and effective risk management.

Responsibilities

• Provide triage, assessment, and intensive support to service users.
• Collaborate with families and third-party providers for care transitions.

Skills

Mental Health Practice

Risk Assessment

Clinical Interventions

Team Collaboration

Communication Skills

Decision-Making

Education

Nursing Degree

Dip OT

Clinical Psychology

Job description

Are you an experienced mental health professional looking to utilise your clinical skills in a different and rewarding environment?

The Suffolk Crisis Response and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT), based in East Suffolk and predominantly at Ipswich Hospital, Woodlands Unit, is seeking ambitious and caring Senior Registered Mental Health Practitioners to join our existing team at an exciting time.

The Crisis Response and Home Treatment Team is proactive and highly skilled at managing risk and supporting service users in East Suffolk who are presenting in crisis. The CRHTT service is an age-inclusive provision covering a diverse and multicultural patient base. We are passionate about providing alternative options to hospital admissions, so you can expect to undertake rewarding and highly intensive work.

We are looking to recruit compassionate, dedicated, and conscientious individuals who want to make a positive difference to adults experiencing mental distress and mental health crisis.

Staff provide care, treatment, and assessment to patients both at our base location, in their own homes, and in other places of safety, offering a variety of community settings for patient interaction.

If you enjoy working with high-risk cases and are looking to develop as an autonomous, confident practitioner, then we'd love to hear from you!

***Previous applicants need not apply***

Main duties of the job

We are the 'front-door' to acute services, providing triage, assessment, intensive support, and alternatives to admission, working closely with families and third-party providers.

The team also collaborates with service users already in hospital to support their transition home at the earliest opportunity to aid recovery.

Effective communication is essential. We are currently experiencing significant positive change and growth within the team. We seek someone who can communicate professionally with a wide spectrum of people to achieve the best outcomes for service users and their families/supporters.

We require someone with exceptional complex decision-making skills. The team expects you to work autonomously while maintaining professional standards and fostering good working relationships across teams.

The usual shift pattern involves long days, 3-4 shifts per week, with 4 days off, and opportunities to rotate if desired. CRHTT provides 24-hour patient care, with shift work in place to ensure continuous service delivery.

About us

At NSFT, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team that values sharing experiences and learning from each other. We offer ongoing training and development opportunities and are committed to creating an environment where you can thrive.

Joining us, you will be supported in developing your assessment skills through a Trust-based induction and a local induction process, underpinned by a core competency framework that promotes evidence-based practice.

Why work for us? Despite challenges, we are advancing with exciting transformation initiatives. We have strong professional networks and an exceptional leadership team dedicated to caring for and about our staff. Our ongoing service development aims to improve care delivery, working together as one team for a Safer, Kinder, and Better Trust.

Benefits include:

• Comprehensive in-house and external training programs
• Career progression opportunities
• Starting annual leave of 27 days, increasing to 33 days after service, plus paid bank holidays
• NHS discounts and more

Job responsibilities

Are you seeking a challenge and wishing to make a difference to the people we care for? If yes, this could be the ideal role for you.

For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you believe you have what it takes to make a difference in your local community, click APPLY!

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We are committed to supporting your professional development and enabling you to deliver high standards of care in a supportive environment.

For further details, see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology, or similar
• Ongoing professional development towards degree level

Experience

• Knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
• Effective risk assessment and management experience
• Experience delivering clinical interventions
• Experience working in teams delivering person-centred treatment packages
• Experience delivering group-based interventions
• Supporting service development

Other

• Ability to travel independently

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a DBS check will be required.

Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 per year (gross, pro-rata)