About this role
Job summary
Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker who enjoys clinical variety, collaborative working and the opportunity to work across traditional service boundaries?
North Neighbourhood Mental Health Team is recruiting a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to work across the North Birmingham area.
This is a permanent, Trust-funded non-ARRS post. Unlike an ARRS practitioner role aligned to a particular Primary Care Network or GP practice, this post sits within the core North NMHT and provides flexibility to respond to clinical and service needs across the wider North Birmingham locality.
Based at Northcroft in Erdington, you will work with adults from communities with varied cultural, social and economic backgrounds. Your work may include mental health assessment, formulation, collaborative care planning, brief interventions, follow-up and liaison with GP surgeries, primary care practitioners, CMHTs and community organisations.
The role offers breadth, autonomy and the opportunity to help strengthen the connections between primary care, neighbourhood services and secondary mental health care.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 practitioner, you will undertake autonomous clinical work while remaining closely connected to the wider multidisciplinary team.
The role will include:
Undertaking holistic mental health assessments, including risk, strengths, functioning, physical health and social circumstances.
Developing collaborative formulations, care plans and safety plans.
Providing brief, evidence-informed interventions and agreed follow-up.
Holding and reviewing an appropriate caseload in line with the needs of the service.
Liaising with GP surgeries, primary care mental health practitioners, CMHTs, social care and voluntary and community organisations.
Supporting people to access the clinical, practical and community resources best placed to meet their needs.
Contributing to multidisciplinary discussions, allocation processes and decisions about onward referral or discharge.
Working across North Birmingham and from other Trust, primary care or community locations when required, subject to service need.
Maintaining clear clinical records and communicating plans effectively across services.
Contributing to clinical governance, service development and the learning of students and colleagues.
Contacts may be undertaken remotely or from Trust, primary care and community settings, according to clinical and service need.
About us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Skills - Assessment Essential
Experience of triage/assessment and community working Knowledge of community transformation Professional Qualification - Nursing/OT/Social Worker
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address Northcroft NMHT
190 Reservoir Road,
Birmingham
B236DW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)