Band 6 Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner. Older Person's

Band 6 Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner. Older Person's Band 6

Main area: Mental Health, Older Age Adults

Grade: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Working times: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 246-CEN

Site: The Sophie Centre, The Julian Hospital, Norwich

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 gross per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 24/03/:59

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

YOUR APPLICATION
It is important that you complete a formal application form as CVs alone will not be accepted.

JOB OVERVIEW

There is an exciting opportunity to join the North Older Person's Community Mental Health Team. Our base is located close to Norwich City Centre at the Julian Hospital. Our Team is rated good by the CQC and we have recently received a Research Impact Award. We have a long history of excellent staff retention and a culture of coaching and supporting our staff to deliver high quality care.

The trust offers a relocation bonus of up to £5000, depending on distance of relocation.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work with service users with Dementia or suspected Dementia, functional mental health conditions, such as those on the SMI register, depression, and anxiety. Responsibilities include:

• Planning, reviewing, and delivering care and treatment in the community in conjunction with service users.
• Providing duty cover for the team on a rostered basis.
• Working flexibly on a busy caseload of around 20-30 service users.
• Supervising peers and students if requested.
• Identifying personal learning and training needs.

Working hours are currently 9am-5pm Monday to Friday. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work flexibly as per the NSFT flexible working policy.

Working for our organisation

Norfolk is a great place to work with beautiful countryside and access to some of the best beaches in the country.

Benefits included with this role are:

• A comprehensive in-house and external training programme
• Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum (increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service, plus bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a Community Mental Health Practitioner, you will be responsible for:

• Holding a caseload of patients with organic and functional presentations under CPA and NCPA
• Having sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, NICE guidelines etc.
• Taking new referrals from GP's, Wards and other mental health teams/services.
• Performing initial assessments and reviews.
• Assessing and managing risk.
• Using Dialog+ and Recovery Care Planning with service users and carers.
• Managing your own diary and planning your day.
• Attending MDT meetings and ward review meetings.
• Being part of the duty system, usually once per month.
• Communicating effectively through clinical notes, documents on Lorenzo, and letters to GPs and other involved parties.
• Driving is essential for this role.

Person specification Experience

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
• Experience in delivering group-based interventions
• Having knowledge of working with people with dementia

Skills

• Risk assessment knowledge and skills
• Prevention and Management of Suicide training
• Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice

Knowledge

• Knowledge of psychosocial interventions
• Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks

Other

• Ability to travel independently and have access to a car

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
• Good to great management course, or equivalent

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - It will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020.