Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner

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

- 273021**Salary**:

- £33,706 - £40,588- Per annum, pro rata for Part Time**Job grade**:

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

- Permanent**Business area**:

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

- Health Professionals
- Medical**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Job share**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- DCMH RAF Digby, Ashby De La Launde, Lincolnshire, LN4 3LHAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We have an exciting opportunity for a full time Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner to join the team at the Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) RAF Digby.

The post holder will work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to provide a specialised/occupational mental health service for all Service and entitled personnel within the DCMH area of responsibility (AOR) and the Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) Region as required.

Please note this vacancy is advertised at 37.5 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

If you think this is the role for you, we'd love to hear from you

**Job description**:

- To provide 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.**Person specification**:
Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- To provide 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.
- To manage a clinical caseload delivering optimum personal and professional standards to assist the care process in accordance with DCMH protocols and clinical governance.
- Deliver up to date, evidence-based interventions for mental health problems based on guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Treatment Agency (NTA), which can include individual, group and tele-therapy.
- Perform clinical risk assessments on all patients seen, evaluating the safety of the patient and others in the community and be able to manage/ advise on therapeutic risk taking.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for further duties of the role.

**Qualifications**:

- Professional knowledge acquired through degree plus relevant experience in mental health.**Memberships**:

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

Post holder must be fully acquainted with the Establishment’s Health & Safety and Environmental Protection Regulations and Procedures and complete all mandatory training.

**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
- NHS Pension
- Access to a Gym
- Onsite Cafe and Shop
- Free Parking

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working from home as a personal choice (if the role is suitable for this). If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment as of 31st