We are recruiting for a Mental Health Practitioner to join our Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team on the Isle of Wight.

The Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team practitioner is a pivotal member of the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities division, to work as a member of a multi professional mental health team whose main focus is to offer an alternative to an inpatient admission and provide intensive treatment as required within the community.

The CRHTT practitioner will work across a 24/7 rota, inclusive of Bank Holidays, weekends, and nights and to meet the needs of people in crisis at all times.

Main duties of the job

To work to professional and regulatory body codes, standards and guidance at all times ensuring clinical practice is grounded in evidence based theoretical and practical knowledge.

To work at a high level of skill in completing comprehensive assessments of needs identifying symptoms relating to both mental health and physical health of people referred to the service.

Gatekeeper service for hospital admissions 7 days per week and join Mental Health Act Assessment.

Accept referrals and provide further assessments for service users on the caseload and are proactive in making autonomous clinical decisions, with high risk user population.

To provide In-Reach into the Adult in patient wards, which will support Bed Management and facilitate Early Discharge.

To contribute to effective multi-professional working with the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team and the service generally. Specifically, this requires flexibility in working practices and a willingness to acquire familiarity with all areas of the Team's work. This will involve advising and taking advice from colleagues in order to provide a well-integrated and rapid service.

To be able to advise on issues relating to medication, to administer or supervise the taking of medication as appropriate and to offer advice to other members of the team on medication and other health issues.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services. Our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust, is set to launch in July 2024.

The transformation will happen in staggered stages Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning in early May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent Trusts is anticipated to occur in July 2024, when the new organisation will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RNMH or Allied Health Professional, Mental Health

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with people who have difficulty engaging with services and have a complex mental health need.
• Experience of assessing, planning, co-ordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting.
• Wide knowledge/appreciation of a range of models of practice in social and health care.
• Knowledge of interventions and strategies which embrace social and health care needs.
• Knowledge of interventions and strategies which embrace social and health care needs.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sevenacres

Parkhurst Road

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG

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348-IOW-5526