Mental Health Practitioner
- Employer
- North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
- Location
- Stoke-on -Trent
- Salary
- £37,338 to £44,962 pro rata per annum
- Closing date
- 12 Nov 2024
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- Profession
- Mental health, Mental health practitioner
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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The Parent and Baby Service are looking to recruit to a full time band 6 Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner. The successful candidate will:
Main duties of the job
1. To assess and manage mental health needs, including risk, to create care plans with the individual that will lead to recovery whilst supporting them with a safety plan.
2. To act as the duty lead on shift and allocate work to other team members as appropriate, to run the shift in a safe and effective way.
3. To manage and prioritise work that is allocated to you, to complete the assessment of mental health and risk and record on electronic systems as needed.
To be able to supervision and caseload mange more junior staff.
About us
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our Proud to be Green engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To work in conjunction with other professionals E.g. GPs, midwifery, health visiting team.
2. To works in partnership with the individual to develop a plan of care that the service user agrees with.
3. To review the effectiveness of the care plan where appropriate.
4. To make a speedy and appropriate response to all work referred.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Knowledge
Essential
Employer details
Employer name
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust
Address
The Bennett Centre
Stoke-on -Trent
ST1 4ND
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
232-CMT-6609173
- carry out mental health assessments including risk to service users experiencing a deterioration in mental health in the perinatal period.
- be expected to take the lead in decisions and supervision and guide more junior staff.
- work closely with the service user to provide them with the right treatment pathway for them to follow.
Main duties of the job
1. To assess and manage mental health needs, including risk, to create care plans with the individual that will lead to recovery whilst supporting them with a safety plan.
2. To act as the duty lead on shift and allocate work to other team members as appropriate, to run the shift in a safe and effective way.
3. To manage and prioritise work that is allocated to you, to complete the assessment of mental health and risk and record on electronic systems as needed.
To be able to supervision and caseload mange more junior staff.
About us
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our Proud to be Green engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To work in conjunction with other professionals E.g. GPs, midwifery, health visiting team.
2. To works in partnership with the individual to develop a plan of care that the service user agrees with.
3. To review the effectiveness of the care plan where appropriate.
4. To make a speedy and appropriate response to all work referred.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration to a professional body, with post qualification experience in mental health for example: Nursing/ Social worker/ OT
Experience
Essential
- Experience of assessment and care planning within either a Health or social care setting, including an understanding of needs led assessments
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate activity in promoting the involvement of users/clients in decision-making
Employer details
Employer name
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust
Address
The Bennett Centre
Stoke-on -Trent
ST1 4ND
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
232-CMT-6609173
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