About this role
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to join the Blackburn & Darwen Community Mental Health Team. You must be a motivated individual, committed to promoting recovery and well-being for our service users as part of our multi-disciplinary team. Excellent communication skills are essential for the role.
Blackburn with Darwen Community Mental Health Team are seeking to appoint a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner.This post provides the opportunity for a forward thinking and experienced individual to develop and implement safe, sound and supportive services that embrace the provision of holistic care.
With a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary working and the principles laid out in the Recovery Model, you will need to be an innovative thinker and be able to form effective relationships. You must be a registered mental health practitioner, with excellent leadership and clinical skills.
You must have some post qualification experience in clinical work with service users experiencing a range of mental health problems.
You need to be able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and have experience of planning, implementing and reviewing care needs.
You will also need to have a working knowledge of the care programme approach (CPA), Dialog+, risk assessment and management, and the ability to explore issues relating to the impact of health and social needs on mental health and well-being.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 MH practitioner within the team:
You will be regularly supported and supervised by the clinical lead/team leader, you will be encouraged to take personal responsibility for clinical supervision and your continued professional development plan. You will be required to undertake the administration of medications and safe storage of same. You will actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and Code of Conduct. You are required to maintain links with your professional body and provide evidence for the revalidation process. You will provide support to the nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care given to service users. You will exercise professional accountability and responsibility using skills, knowledge and expertise in changing environments, across clinical boundaries and in unfamiliar situations as outlined within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct. You may be required to take on tasks that require you to operate electronic staffing record systems such as Appraisals/supervision. You will maintain a positive and open attitude towards organisational change and service development. You will work flexibly by covering the core community mental health team hours of Monday - Friday 9 am - 5pm, to meet the needs of the service and the wider network.
About us
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
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Job description Job responsibilities
for the full list of responsibilities linked to this role, please see the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Mental Health nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker On-going Professional Registration.
Knowledge Essential
Understanding of health and safety policies and procedures Knowledge and practice of Mental Health Act 1983 Can provide evidence of recent professional development
Desirable
Demonstrate understanding of how research has influenced practice
Experience Essential
Willingness to participate in mentor and preceptorship process in respect of own practice. Experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs. Able to work as part of multidisciplinary team
Skills Essential
Able to demonstrate and understand the concept of community care and the need to develop good networks. Can demonstrate communication skills through practice and experience
Other Essential
Ability to travel around the organisational footprint to meet the essential requirements of the post
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address Daisyfield Mill
Blackburn
BB1 3BL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)