Senior Mental Health Practitioner (MH / LD Nurse)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Dawlish; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Part-time and flexible working

Job summary

Devon Partnership NHS Trust seeks a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to work within the FIND team of Community Forensic Services. The role focuses on assessed recovery planning for people with forensic needs related to learning disability, autism or acquired brain injury, coordinating recovery-focused care across a wide area.

You will supervise colleagues, manage a varied caseload, and operate with limited supervision, applying MH legislation, risk assessment and CPA principles in a complex

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification relevant to forensic mental health
• Student supervisor/assessor or practice educator accreditation, or equivalent
• Evidence of postgraduate courses and ongoing training and development in practice

Responsibilities

• Carry a caseload of varying complexity, focusing on people who would benefit most from specialist forensic learning disability and autism intervention
• Provide expert assessment and treatment for people with complex difficulties and their carers
• Design, coordinate and evaluate personalised treatment packages as recovery care coordination
• Deliver care management, assessment, care planning, review and evaluation
• Liaise with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory agencies
• Contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, including supervising other members
• Take an active part in team and service development and evaluation
• Prioritise and manage own workload, often under pressure and without direct supervision
• Support colleagues with their workload where required

Skills

Forensic mental health

Clinical assessment

Care coordination

Multi-agency collaboration

Communication skills

Medication support

Risk assessment

Leadership & supervision

Education

Postgraduate qualification in forensic MH

Practice educator accreditation

Ongoing professional development

Job description

This Senior Mental Health Practitioner post sits in the FIND team at Easby House, part of Community Forensic Services within Devon Partnership NHS Trust's Secure Services directorate. The role centres on assessing and treating people with forensic needs linked to learning disability, autism or acquired brain injury, and coordinating their recovery-focused care. The post holder carries a varied caseload, supervises colleagues and often works without direct supervision across a wide area. Only applicants with Mental Health or Learning Disability NMC registration are being considered.

What the job involves

• Carry a caseload of varying complexity, focusing on people who would benefit most from specialist forensic learning disability and autism intervention
• Provide expert assessment and treatment for people with complex difficulties and their carers
• Design, coordinate and evaluate personalised treatment packages as recovery care coordination
• Deliver care management, assessment, care planning, review and evaluation
• Liaise with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory agencies
• Contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, including supervising other members
• Take an active part in team and service development and evaluation
• Prioritise and manage own workload, often under pressure and without direct supervision
• Support colleagues with their workload where required

What’s required

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification relevant to forensic mental health
• Student supervisor/assessor or practice educator accreditation, or equivalent
• Evidence of postgraduate courses and ongoing training and development in practice

Registration & licences

• NMC professional registration in Mental Health or Learning Disability

Experience

• Established learning disability, autism and acquired brain injury experience
• Managing an extensive and complex caseload with a range of forensic needs
• Working in a community mental health setting in the statutory or voluntary sector
• Clinical supervision of qualified and/or support staff
• Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working in secure services, with understanding of clinical governance, team dynamics and applying health and safety and risk policies

Skills & knowledge

• Understanding of the Mental Health Act, Mental Health Capacity Act, CPA, CeTR, risk assessment and recovery principles
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, training and group work skills
• Communicating with a wide range of professionals from various settings
• Assessing, planning and evaluating profession-specific interventions and complex multi-agency care plans
• Self-management and independent working, with reflection, initiative and personal and professional boundaries
• Supporting patients with medication, including IM administration under relevant policies

Other

• Mobility across a geographical area and a calm, prompt response to physical and mental health emergencies

What’s offered

• Part-time and flexible working applications considered and supported where possible