Base: Pendle House

This is an exciting and new opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Practitioner to join the Home Based Treatment Team within the Pennine locality on a developmental post, the successful candidate will start as a band 5 and works towards achieving a band 6 within 12 months subject to a set of competencies.

The Pennine Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) offers 24 hour support to service users, and their families/carers, who are suffering from mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute inpatient environment. There is a strong focus on the recovery model, providing therapeutic interventions and risk management skills to allow care to be provided within a community setting.

The Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) are always striving towards excellence in service delivery, ensuring quality is at the forefront of all we do and service users receive the right care at the right time.

The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward thinking with the ability to work as part of a Team and in partnership with local services, there will be an expectation that the successful applicant will undertake night duty and uphold the Trust values at all times.

For more information and informal chat please contact us on the details provided

Main duties of the job

Successful applicants will be provided with a full induction to the team, will be provided with an induction pack outlining our service and ways of working, and will have regular clinical supervision sessions and an opportunity to complete their appraisal focussing on their personal and career development. Furthermore the successful candidate will have the opportunity to complete the in house bespoke development training package to ensure they are fully supported and achieve the competencies as required to become a band 6 practitioner within the HBTT.

You will be a mental health (MH) practitioner working within a multidisciplinary team and carry out a diverse range of duties.

As a Band 5 MH practitioner within the team you will be regularly supported and supervised by a nominated Band 6 Nurse and you will be encouraged to take personal responsibility for clinical supervision and your continued professional development plan.

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 leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care given to service users.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with on-going Professional Registration
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development

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

Experience

Essential

• Able to demonstrate and understand the concept of community care and the need to develop good networks.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Developed clinical skills

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pendle House

Nelson

BB9 9TG

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351-PEN839-EB-C