About this role
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a 8 month fixed term, full time Band 6 Community Mental Health practitioner to join the team at Moss House Community Mental Health Team.
This post is not suitable for newly qualified staff, however it is suitable for qualified Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists or Social Workers.
We are looking for an individual with genuine enthusiasm for working in a community environment, supporting service users to live their life and manage their mental health in order to maximise their recovery and quality of life.
We welcome someone who is caring and who is motivated to provide high quality care with a recovery focused approach for a client group with complex mental health conditions.
The successful candidate will possess excellent knowledge and understanding of severe and enduring mental illness, good communication skills and will work well in a team. The successful candidate will be supported with access to continues professional development, regular clinical supervision and opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Moss House CMHT strives for excellence and support the Community Transformation model that supports our service users to access different speciality services across community.
Main duties of the job
The Community Mental Health Team supports individuals who have severe and enduring mental health difficulties. The teams are a busy and skilled multi-disciplinary group which actively promotes close partnership working within the wider community.
If you feel you possess the values of Mersey Care NHS Trust we would welcome an application from you. Applicants should hold the professional qualification of a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker and have experience working in this field since qualifying.
The role will include providing high quality evidenced based care, formulating risk management plans, supervising risk assessments, providing expertise and advice, care co-ordination and supervising junior staff. In addition, we require a strong commitment to working with service users with complex needs, in order to assist them plan and take steps towards their recovery as well as promoting signposting to additional services such as Psychology, Life rooms and wider resources available in the community.
You will have excellent interpersonal skills that will enable you to support service users and their families and challenge, motivate, influence and inspire your colleagues at all levels.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will be based within the Community Mental Health Team and will :
Provide assessments and develop treatment plans for service users on caseload
Act as named professional/care coordinator and coordinate care between services
Hold a caseload of people with severe and enduring mental health problems Participate in team meetings, MDT meetings and training opportunities
Provide advice and support for service users and carers
Participate in delivery of group interventions
Supervision of junior colleagues in the team
Liaise with colleagues and coordinate care for service users on caseload
Support and monitor the service user whilst commencing medication
Work collaboratively with other members of the MDT
Attend regular supervision and team meetings
Participate in training opportunities
Support people with complex needs and provide advice and guidance as peoples needs change
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Appropriate professional qualification (e.g. RMN, AHP, Social Worker); Evidence of postregistration CPD
Desirable
Working towards Masters level education
Experience Essential
Minimum 2 years post-registration mental health experience Case and caseload management Supervision of staff Partnership working Audit and clinical governance Incident reporting
Knowledge Essential
Knowledge of mental health legislation CPA Safeguarding Equality and human rights Clinical governance and professional codes of conduct
Skills Essential
Effective communication Risk assessment and management Autonomous practice Leadership and supervision Multidisciplinary working
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 Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address Moss House CMHT
Moss House
Liverpool
L19 2NA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)