Senior Mental Health Practitioner

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Waltham Cross; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 6,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Waltham Cross is looking for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner Band 6 Nurse to join their Mental Health & Wellness Team. The role involves coordinating care for service users with complex needs, supporting a multi-disciplinary team, and mentoring junior staff. Ideal candidates will have substantial mental health experience and strong communication skills. The position offers competitive compensation and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Proactive health and wellbeing support

Detailed induction and training

High Cost Area Supplement

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Substantial experience in a mental health setting.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Experience in liaising with multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate a caseload of service users with complex needs.
• Deliver recovery-focused interventions.
• Provide managerial supervision to junior colleagues.

Skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

IT skills

Assessment and planning

Education

RMN, RGN, RNLD, OT or Social Work registration

Teaching qualification or post-registration qualification

Job description

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Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

The Mental Health & Wellness Team in Waltham Forest (MH&WT) is looking to recruit a Senior Mental Health Practitioner Band 6 Nurse for a full‑time vacancy. The post holder will be working within a dynamic and friendly multi‑disciplinary team. Applicants will have substantial experience of working within a mental health setting and will possess excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills as well as evidence‑based knowledge of working in the Recovery Model framework and trauma informed care.

The Successful candidate will have the opportunity to work alongside a multi‑disciplinary team of professionals in the newly formed Mental Wellness teams. All successful candidates will have the opportunity to participate in the projects that support the team and to apply for training and development initiatives.

If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium. Please visit https://www.capitalnurselondon.co.uk/how-to-apply/. Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group.

Main duties of the job

You will be working as part of our multi‑disciplinary team and will coordinate a caseload of service users that have complex and challenging needs.

We require good IT skills and knowledge of using electronic recording systems. It is essential that you are willing to work flexibly within the demands of the service.

You will work closely within a multi‑disciplinary team and other agencies to deliver recovery focused health and social care interventions that includes managing risk and the safeguarding of vulnerable adults.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide managerial supervision to junior colleagues, mentor MDT students and participate in on‑going educational and research programmes.

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop‑in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement - London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
• RMN, RGN, RNLD, OT or Social Work. Registration with relevant professional body
• Teaching qualification or other specific job related post‑registration qualification (eg Mentoring and Enabling Learning in Practice, ENB-998 or equivalent)
• Evidence of CPD

Experience

Essential criteria

• Working with adults who have complex mental health needs
• Working with adults dual diagnosis
• Working in an acute environment
• To have experience in working/liaising with multi‑disciplinary teams, internal and external agencies in the provision of care
• To have experience of assessing, planning and initiate care
• Ability to work under pressure, quickly and effectively, making timely clinical decisions in conjunction with the MDT
• Anility to work both independently and as part of the team

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding the Care Act and its application
• Understanding of contemporary evidence based 'best practice
• Understanding of the mental capacity act

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of NICE CQC and DoH guidance
• Awareness of The 1983 Mental Health Act, related legal guidance and ethical practice

Skills

Essential criteria

• Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
• Well‑developed interpersonal skills, especially the ability to engage with service users and significant others in busy/high pressure environments
• Robust assessment of mental health presentation and risk profiling
• Ability to facilitate positive MDT working relationships across all service areas
• Ability to maintain confidentiality where appropriate
• Ability to work closely with the families, friends and significant others of service users in assessing need and planning intervention
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles of equal opportunities in service delivery
• Ability to formulate clear and concise clinical records and be able to disseminate information appropriately and to relevant agencies

Other

Essential criteria

• To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values
• To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
• To be flexible, supportive and if required to take a new role within NELFT appropriate to knowledge, education and skills, as required

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long‑standing and award‑winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long‑term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

Supporting our Armed Forces

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

Equal opportunities employer

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.

We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [e-mail].

Correspondence with us

You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.

As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Mental Health Practitioner (PDF, 440.4KB)
• Senior Mental Health Practitioner Band 6 (PDF, 440.4KB)
• Candidate Recruitment Pack (PDF, 671.2KB)