Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner

4 weeks ago


Portsmouth, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 270097**Salary**:

- £33,706 - £40,588- Per Annum (pro rata for part time)**Job grade**:

- Other- AFC Band 6**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Strategic Command - Defence Medical Services (DMS)**Type of role**:

- Medical**Working pattern**:

- Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- HM Naval Base, Sunny Walk, Portsmouth, PO1 3LTAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Here at Defence Primary Health Care (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel

We are looking for a friendly and well organised Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner to join our team at Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) at HMNB Sunny Walk, Portsmouth.

This Part Time position offers 18.75 hours per week.

**Job description**:
The Community Mental Health Practitioner will work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team to provide a specialised/occupational mental health service for all Service and entitled personnel within the DCMH area of responsibility (AOR) and the DPHC Region as required. The post holder will have experience of working in adult community mental healthcare.

**Person specification**:
The main duties of the role include, but are not limited to:

- Providing a rapid, timely and high quality mental health service to all patients referred to the DCMH for assessment and treatment of mental health problems and implementing changes as and when necessary.
- Managing a clinical caseload delivering optimum personal and professional standards to assist the care process in accordance with DCMH protocols and clinical governance.
- Acting as a clinical and educational resource to Medical Officers/General Practitioners (MO/GP) and offer advice to Unit Commanders on mental health matters, the administrative management of personnel with mental health difficulties and mental health promotion.

For full details of the duties and responsibilities of the role please see the attached Job Description document.

**Qualifications**:

- Registered Mental Health Nurse with a demonstrable experience working at Band 5 or above.
- Experience of working in a Community Mental Health setting.
- Demonstrable experience of using NICE recommended Psychological interventions.

**Memberships**:

- Registration with relevant professional body: you are expected to have the skills required to work as a registered professional and adhere to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Code of Conduct.

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB2 - Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB6 - Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB7 - Interventions & Treatment
- NHS Information & Knowledge - NHS IK1 - Information Processing
- NHS General - NHS G6 - People Management

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme.

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the NHS Technical Skills listed above.

Essential Criteria include:

- Registered Mental Health Nurse or graduate level professional with background in mental health; substantial post-qualification training and experience in at least 2 evidence based psychological therapies and accredited or eligible for accreditation from a recognised body (BABCP,BACP, UKCP) **OR**:Registered Mental Health Nurse with a demonstrable experience working at Band 5 or above.
- Experience of working in a Community Mental Health setting.
- Demonstrable experience of using NICE recommended Psychological interventions.

OR:

- Must possess a Post graduate/Graduate certificate in evidence based psychological treatments with demonstrable experience in a community mental health role.

AND
- Registered with one the following regulatory bodies: NMC, HCPC

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact o



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