Senior Mental Health Practitioner – OpCourage (Veterans)

NHS; Hollins; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Compressed hours

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for an NHS AfC Band 6 Senior Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker across the North West for the Op Courage veterans service. The role blends office, home-based and community work with a focus on triage, risk assessment and MDT collaboration.

You will undertake psycho-social assessments, case management and brief interventions, while liaising with referrers and local services to ensure appropriate care pathways.

Qualifications

• Experience in risk assessment and safeguarding.
• Experience in case management of veterans.
• Ability to liaise with referrers and MDTs.

Responsibilities

• Participation in a Duty rota including liaison with referrers and other services, providing support to MDTs in relation to risk management and safeguarding.
• Case management of veterans, clinical interventions and signposting/liaising with local services.
• Delivery of psycho-social assessments and care planning within Op Courage service across the NW.

Skills

Risk assessment

Case management

Liaison with referrers

MDT collaboration

Job description

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for an NHS AfC Band 6 Senior Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker across the North West for the Op Courage veterans service. The role blends office, home-based and community work with a focus on triage, risk assessment and MDT collaboration.

You will undertake psycho-social assessments, case management and brief interventions, while liaising with referrers and local services to ensure appropriate care pathways.