Specialist High Risk and Forensic Practitioner

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health and care organization is seeking a Specialist High Risk and Forensic Practitioner to enhance community mental health services across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in forensic mental health and be able to provide assessments and guidance for high-risk cases. This role offers flexibility, professional development, and the opportunity to make impactful changes within a supportive multi-disciplinary team.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working options

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in high-risk mental health, preferably in forensic settings.
• Exceptional mentoring and coaching abilities.
• Ability to conduct advanced level risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide mental health assessments for high-risk individuals.
• Offer guidance on complex cases to multidisciplinary teams.
• Work flexibly across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Skills

Forensic mental health skills

Assessment and care planning skills

Interpersonal skills

Team working skills

Communication skills

Job description

Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge? Are you a compassionate mental health practitioner with exceptional forensic, complex and high-risk mental health skills and experience? We are excited to be recruiting a Specialist High Risk and Forensic Practitioner to join our new community mental health, Forensic Support Service. We are looking for experienced, enthusiastic and innovative candidates interested in shaping the development of our new service. Supported by the Reach Out Provider Collaborative, the specialist forensic support service will be based across Herefordshire and Worcestershire, improving the interface between specialised services and secondary care community services, enhancing the efficiency of transitions of care for patients with significant risk histories, improving patient flow through the whole care pathway., You will offer guidance, recommendations and advice on complex and high-risk cases, offering an in-reach function to Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and care trust (HWHCT) wards and Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams (NMHTs) to offer assessment, advice and care planning guidance, when there are particularly high-risk individuals. As a reflective practitioner, you will provide a range of mental health assessments for people who are experiencing complex, high risk, forensic mental health conditions, including advanced level risk assessments and the provision of evidence-based interventions. Utilising personal autonomy, you will work alongside inpatient and community mental health MDTs, in striving to ensure the best care for our patients. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding care and will ensure continual professional development and a wide range of wellbeing and support.

As a valued member of our community multi-disciplinary team, you must have a positive attitude towards innovation and change and a flexible approach, with exceptional interpersonal, team working and communication skills and excellent mentoring and coaching skills., This post covers the county of Herefordshire, HOWEVER, travel throughout the two counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire, is essential to this post, as is the ability to be flexible and highly organised.

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites. We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
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