Specialist High Risk and Forensic Practitioner

NHS; Worcester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider is seeking a Specialist High Risk and Forensic Practitioner in Worcestershire for a full-time role. The candidate will lead mental health assessments and interventions, primarily for complex and high-risk patients. Essential qualifications include a relevant RN or equivalent degree, alongside a minimum of 5 years’ experience in mental health. The organization values flexibility and offers extensive benefits, including generous leave and pension plans.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• 5 years post qualification experience in mental health.
• Relevant experience working with high risk, forensic and complex patients.
• Evidence of delivering psychosocial/therapeutic interventions.

Responsibilities

• Guide complex and high-risk cases for treatment and care planning.
• Provide mental health assessments and evidence-based interventions.
• Act as a role model to colleagues and maintain professionalism.

Skills

Mental health assessment skills

Interpersonal communication

Teamwork

Evidence-based interventions

Care planning

Education

RN (Mental Health)/OT Degree/Social Worker

Degree level qualification with specialist training

Tools

Rio

Aero

Job description

Job summary

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.

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 is a full time role.

Main duties of the job

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.

PLEASE NOTE:

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.

About us

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

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

Job responsibilities

Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on a day-to-day basis.

Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.

Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves, the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.

Work with the service lead to deliver a service which is soundly evidence based, has a reputation for quality and ensures that all available resources are utilised and within budget.

Act as the senior lead for the assessment and management planning of referred high-risk, complex and/or forensic patients within the counties.

Provide a consultative role within the Adult Mental Health, Older Adult Mental Health and Learning Disabilities SDU in relation to high risk, complex and/or forensic issues.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential:

• 5 years post qualification experience in mental health
• Relevant experience working with high risk, forensic and complex patients
• Experience of working with severe and enduring mental illness
• Evidence of delivering psychosocial / therapeutic interventions
• High level of experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Extensive risk management skills and knowledge
• Experience of undertaking clinical supervision

Desirable:

• Staff development
• Service monitoring / evaluation

Knowledge

Essential:

• Knowledge of principles of assessment and treatment of people with mental health problems
• Knowledge of principles of risk assessment and management
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2006 and other relevant legislation
• Appreciation of performance management / quality issues
• Good written skills and report writing
• Computer literate, sound working knowledge of computer systems currently in use (Rio, Aero, etc).

Desirable:

• Delivery of staff training

Skills & Abilities

Essential:

• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
• Mental health assessment skills
• Care planning
• Delivery of evidence-based interventions in mental health

Desirable:

• Skilled in the provision of clinical supervision to both peers and junior members of staff

Qualifications

Essential:

• RN (Mental Health)/OT Degree/Social Worker
• Degree level qualification supplemented by further specialist training or experience to at least Masters level or equivalent
• Demonstrable evidence of participation in Continuous Professional Development
• Teaching / Assessing Qualification

Desirable:

• Training in psychological interventions (e.g. CBT, psychological interventions)