Mental Health Practitioner

2 weeks ago

Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Mental Health Practitioner to join our team at HMP Erlestoke. As part of the South West Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust in 2022, we are expanding our recruitment and looking for a dedicated professional to work with our friendly team.

Job Responsibilities
  • Provide specialist mental healthcare to offenders, working as part of the Mental Health In-Reach Team and wider mental health services.
  • Perform robust assessment, screening, and interventions to service users with mental health and neurodevelopmental and trauma needs.
  • Ensure integrated and collaborative working with other specialist services, including continuity of care and through the gate arrangements and liaison.
  • Work closely with community mental health teams (CMHTs) to ensure appropriate sharing of information, continuity of care, and the Care Programme Approach (CPA) for all service users where necessary.
  • Deliver active clinical leadership and supervision within the team, covering for the manager and colleagues as required.
  • Participate in resource centre services as directed, delivering psychological therapy and specialist activities under the direction of the clinical lead.
  • Develop and take on a specialist lead role as appropriate and provide peer support and training in this area.
  • Contribute towards support, advice, consultation, and training for prison staff.
About Us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care, care for people with learning disabilities, and mental health care. We work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils, and the voluntary sector.

We have over 125 sites in various locations in the South of England. In London, we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, and into Kent. We manage hospital sites, including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs.

We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services, providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire, Kent, and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

  • Current relevant registration with the NMC or HCPC.
  • Diploma level/Degree in a relevant health/social care profession, eg RMN, RLDN OT, Social Worker.

Experience

  • Substantial post-registration experience gained working in a range of frontline adult mental health services, undertaking assessment and delivering interventions.

Skills

  • Able to articulate a detailed understanding of the relevant legal frameworks/legislation, including CPA process, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and Safeguarding.
  • Knowledge of models of mental health assessment.

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