Community Mental Health Practitioner
3 days ago
We are pleased to announce a new incentive package for our Lancaster and Morecambe Community Mental Health Team Registered roles (Registered Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker).
- Welcome Bonus
- £3000 on joining LSCft...
- After Year 1- a Further £2000...
- After Year 2- a Further £2000...
- Available to both existing NHS staff (not currently employed by the Trust) and people who are joining the NHS for the first time.
Bank only workers would be eligible for the scheme if they have not held a substantive role in the same position in the last 12 months
Furness Community Mental Health Team(CMHT) are looking to recruit a Mental Health Practitioner to join their team.
On the whole, this role is working 9-5 So that means no deep nights or long shifts That said, Mental Health conditions are not 9-5 so some out of hours and weekend working may be necessary to meet the needs of our service users.
The main job role is to perform duties as a Care Coordinator and to undertake assessments for people who are referred into the service. As a Care Coordinator you will manage a caseload of service users with a range of complex needs. You will develop care plans and deliver evidence based interventions and treatments to patients alongside managing risks in the community.
Part of your role will require you to undertake the role of team duty worker. This role involves managing unplanned patient work within the team, responding to escalation of risk/crisis situations and may also include the triaging of new referrals.
In return you will benefit from encouragement to continue to develop your own specialist knowledge and competence. Your development will be guided using clinical supervision, management supervision, team/peer support, internal and external training opportunities and the Trust’s appraisal process.
The team serves the population of Furness within the Lake District and has its base in Barrow. It is an established team with a friendly and supportive culture. There is a visible and supportive leadership team who are committed to clinical supervision and professional development
We want to recruit people to the service who share our values and are confident in their ability to contribute to the demonstrated effectiveness and acceptability of our service.
Staff at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust work to improve lives with a culture based on four core values:
We arekind
We are ateam
We arerespectful
We arealways learning
Ideally, you will have current or previous experience of working at Band 6 and beclinically confidentin working with individuals in a community setting and be able to work effectively in a multi professional context. You should have a collaborative and enthusiastic approach as well as passion and commitment in developing and promoting recovery based approaches for adults with severe and enduring mental health needs.
It goes without saying that you are agood communicator,and are able to adopt aflexible,adaptableandproactiveapproach to your work.
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