Mental Health Practitioner

7 months ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom NHS Professionals Full time

We are recruiting for a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust (Sheffield Children's Hospital).

Rated Good in their most recent CQC report, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust is one of only three dedicated children's hospital Trusts in the UK providing integrated healthcare for children and young people, including community and mental health care as well as acute and internationally renowned specialist services. Located within Sheffield, on the edges of the Peak district, enjoy the many benefits of city life including excellent transport links to Nottingham, Derby, Doncaster and Leeds.

**Main duties of the job**

The post holder will be a member of the multidisciplinary team, working both independently and alongside others to provide secondary mental health care to patients. They will work alongside other services and agencies to determine the needs and risks, and how these can be managed to meet recovery goals. They will contribute to the teams duty rota to provide a rapid response to those in crisis and will work as a lead clinician to a caseload of patients accessing the services.

**About us**

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

**Career Progression** access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

**Work-life Balance** flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

**Opportunity & Access** over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

**Job description**

**Job responsibilities**

As an independent practitioner have accountability and responsibility for your own caseload.
- Within the context of Primary Mental Health deliver a comprehensive range of psychologically informed or therapeutic interventions to children, young people and their families or carers where agreed following consultation.
- To work in collaboration with colleagues from other agencies involved in the health and development of the child or young person and to promote high standards of mental health care, mental health promotion and an understanding of mental health presentations and difficulties.
- Working closely alongside Early Help Services to provide consultation, assessment, capacity building and training.
- To demonstrate skills within consultation, assessment, psychoeducation, signposting, planning, implementation and evaluation of intervention packages for children, young people and families.
- To demonstrate good clinical practice over a range of interventions.
- To work in collaboration with colleagues working in Specialist CAMHS and the wider education and social care network to provide a holistic package of care/treatment for identified children, young people and families.

**Person Specification**
- To have Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy registration and use this knowledge in the care and treatment of children, young people and families.
- To have specialist knowledge of the relevant CAMHS speciality, gained through in-depth post registration training eg CAMHS/Mental Health specific/relevant training.
- To have at least 4 years post registration experience within the speciality. - To carry out the duties as directed by the relevant registration body and within the Code of Professional Conduct.
- To be a clinical resource within the service.
- To take responsibility for own continuing professional development and performance.
- To carry out training sessions as identified/required.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time
Part-time hours: 37.5 per week

**Salary**: £18.19 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Sheffield: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Work Location: In person



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