Job summary
- Main area
- Community Mental Health Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 201-24-502
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bassett Unit, Longreach House
- Town
- Redruth
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Community Mental Health Practitioner
Band 5
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity available for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our Integrated Community Mental Health Team based in Redruth
Kerrier Integrated Community Mental Health is based in the Redruth/Camborne area. The team strives to deliver high quality and effective services to people experiencing severe and enduring mental health problems, working as a multidisciplinary team. We offer assessment and treatment of mental health problems, with a focus on effectiveness and recovery, working to promote the independence of our service users. The team are looking for someone who can demonstrate the Trust’s vision and values in practice, are motivated to be involved in innovation and service development and passionate about mental health.
We encourage students that are due to qualify to apply for this role, in support of a preceptorship.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for those people who have a core profession in mental health nursing, social work or occupational therapy to join our community service line. We want people who have experience or who are looking for an experience in working independently in a mental health setting.
As an ICMHT team member you must have both a positive outlook and sense of humour to accept the challenges of working in a busy locality that extends to seaside towns and rural locations. You will need to have knowledge of general mental health problems, the impact this may have on service users and their treatment.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Qualifications & Experience
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration – HCPC
- Evidence of post basic training
- Extensive experience of working with mental health patients
- Demonstrate clinical leadership skills
- Professional qualification – OT, Social worker
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Sound working knowledge of the Mental Health Act of 1983 and other mental health legislation
- Ability to supervise staff, demonstrating the highest clinical standards
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Colin Mcneill
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01209 318960
- Additional information
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction
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