Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

2 months ago


King's Lynn, United Kingdom Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are excited to announce a Band 6 post within our Adult Community Mental Health Team covering West Norfolk and surrounding area, based at Chatterton House in King's Lynn.

This is a fantastic opportunity for practitioners that are motivated to move forward with their career path. We would welcome applicants from a range of allied professional backgrounds.

This is an additional post within an established MDT. We are looking for someone who is keen to contribute to innovative thinking and service development. You’ll be well supported by the MDT.

You will have knowledge, skills and experience of working across the range of complexity and severity in adult mental health. We are looking for individuals who bring enthusiasm, creativity and energy to work in this vital area.

Applications will also be considered for a developmental B5 post working towards a B6 position within the team dependent on experience.

The post holder will undertake the planning/delivery of direct patient care with mínimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a MDT/multi-agency environment. Managing a caseload and the provision of mental health care services to people with mental health care needs.

Provide planned nursing care/risk assessment / screening for patients within their care plan and ongoing evaluation of patients’ needs and identify suitability for potential discharge in conjunction with the Senior Nurse, via caseload management/supervision. Initiate and attend patient centred reviews, case conferences and other meetings as required.

Advise the Responsible Medical Officer(s) and/or health and social care professional of any change in the patients’ conditions and / or circumstances.

To ensure service users/carer(s) are enabled and empowered to make informed decisions about their care and delivery of that care, working with agencies from within and outside the MDT. Provide caseload management supervision to junior staff under direction and supervision of the Senior Nurse.

Assist with the supervision of peers if requested. Enable patients to gain and maintain independence. Identifying personal learning and training needs through KSF, appraisal and personal development plans on an annual basis. Undertake the supervision of students that will be undertaking placements within the Team.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

**Benefits**:
**Benefits included with this role are**:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more

We will expect the post holder to work collaboratively and flexibly with others to undertake assessments, develop and share psychological formulations and develop treatment plans within the MDT.

Responsible for managing a caseload, assessing and planning treatment for your patients. Working with the patient to plan care and optimise treatment plans. Feeding back to the MDT and working within the team for the best outcome for the patient

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY

Within the last 18 months the Adult CMHT has introduced new processes to develop the service and improve the care that we deliver to the community. This is an exciting time to join a team that has been recognised for reducing its waiting list significantly. We are a friendly and supportive team to work for and have a passion for internal development within the service.



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