Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner

2 months ago

Carterton, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services) Full time

Job summary

At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel We are looking for a hardworking, committed Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner to come join our supportive and welcoming team at RAF Brize Norton in Oxford.

The position offers hours per week.

Could this be the role for you?

We offer the following employee benefits:

NHS Pension Free parking Access to gym Inclusive working environment Learning and development opportunities

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be working autonomouslywithin a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to provide a specialised/occupationalmental health service for all Service and entitled personnel within theDepartment of Community Mental Health (DCMH) area of responsibility (AOR) andthe Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) Region as required.

About us

Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

Providing initial assessment and formulation of the mental health and treatment needs for referred patients, planning, implementing and evaluating care with a high level of autonomy. Delivering 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. Facilitating emergency patient assessment during daily working hours, as part of a rota, in order to prevent where possible unnecessary admissions to the Inpatient Service Provider (ISP). Performing 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. Maintaining accurate and contemporaneous records and clinical notes of all patient contact.

Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your application and CV.

At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:

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

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your application and that you have saved it.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. You will need to copy & paste the link into your browser.

Defence Medical Services - YouTube

We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Thisvacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the CivilService a Great Place to Work for Veterans - (

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact .

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 ofall tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

Person Specification

Provide a CV

Essential

Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question - you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should be insufficient information to shortlist be included. Please use double spacing where possible.

Registrations & Memberships

Essential

Registered with one the following regulatory bodies: NMC, HCPC.

Qualifications

Essential

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.

Experience

Essential

Substantial post-qualification training and experience in at least 2 evidence based psychological therapies and accredited or eligible for accreditation from a recognised body (BABCP, BACP, UKCP) OR Registered Mental Health Nurse 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 Must possess a Postgraduate/Graduate certificate in evidence based psychological treatments with demonstrable experience in a community mental health role.

Registration details

Essential

Please provide your membership registration number. You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to the submitting of your application. Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.

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