Community Mental Health Practitioner

6 months ago

Sale, United Kingdom NHS Professionals Full time

**Job Title: Community Mental Health Practitioner**

**Location**:Crossgate House

**Pay Rates**: Day £15.67 per hour

Sat/Nights £20.37 per hour

Sun/Bank Hols £25.07 per hour

**Contract length**:
On going - full time

**Working hours**:
Monday - Friday 9-5pm (can be flexible between the hours of 8am - 5pm)

**About the Trust - Greater Manchester Mental Health**

Rated ‘Good’ in their most recent CQC report, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) provides inpatient and community-based mental health care for Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Trafford and Wigan. The Trust also provides a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services for patients from Greater Manchester and beyond. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city, Greater Manchester has something for everyone.

**As a member, you’ll have fantastic benefits**:

-  Competitive pay rates - work this week, get paid next week
-  Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go - access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
-  Essential support when you need it - 24/7 365 days - Call us anytime
-  Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts
- First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust - access before they are made available to agency
- Varied working options to suit your lifestyle - access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements
- Training and development opportunities
-  Build holiday allowance for every shift you work
-  Stakeholder pension scheme available

**What you’ll be responsible for**:

- To provide skilled mental health nursing care to people in the community.
- To assume the role of care coordinator for a caseload.
- To work as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- To have a theoretical and working knowledge of the Safeguarding Adults and Children's framework.
- To develop, implement and evaluate holistic programmes of care, including the assessment of carer's needs and assessments.
- To carry out clinical and therapeutic interventions, having regard to both legal requirements and Trust/National guidelines
- To make a positive contribution to the development of-mental health and social care services in Trafford.
- To maintain close links with other statutory and non-statutory professionals and agencies, and to be able to access resources from provider services, and to maintain good channels of communication.
- To undertake the role of care coordinator in accordance with the philosophy of the Care Programme Approach and associated Mental Health Act (1983) legislation.
- To provide support to the office Duty System as required, and be able to respond to emergencies (some aspects of which, under the guidance of senior staff).
- To work with people who are on the Assertive Outreach care pathway (under the supervision of senior members of staff).
- Act in accordance with practice placement standards for student nurses, liaising with link tutors from the University in the evaluation and validation of students.
- To organise and run community based depot and Clozapine clinics; playing a central role in the requisitioning or ordering of necessary equipment and medications, linking in with relevant pharmacy departments.
- Have an understanding of the Local Authority Commissioning process and how to access resources.
- Have the ability to review packages of care within the Care Act eligibility criteria to ensure that service users are eligible and that the package meets their eligible needs.
- To promote recovery through planned reductions in funded care as appropriate
- To undertake any other reasonable duty which is appropriate to the band, when requested to do so by Senior Staff.
- To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines.
- To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines.
- To be aware of and work towards the Trusts strategic goals and action plans.

The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.

**You’ll have the following qualification/experience**:
**Qualifications**:

- Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Leadership or management qualification
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
- Certificate in teaching and assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession
- Clinical Supervisor
- Recognised sign-off mentor (or equivalent) for students or must be achieved within agreed timescale
- Key skills in literacy and numeracy level 2 (or equivalent)

**Experience**:

- Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/ carers
- Providing clinical supervision
- Mentoring student

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