Job summary
- Main area
- Community Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 246-NNN6562507
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Julian Hospital
- Town
- norwich
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Mental Health Practitioner
Band 6
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
YOUR APPLICATION
It is important that you complete a formal application form as CV’s alone will not be accepted.
We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].
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Job overview
Community Mental Health Team - Nurse/Occupational Therapist /Social Worker - Band 6
Do you enjoy making a difference to the service users we support.
City 1 CMHT is a friendly and supportive team looking to recruit a Band 6 Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker to complete the team.
We can give you a role that brings job satisfaction and challenges where no day is the same, working with a team that prides itself on supporting each other to do the best job we can for people with moderate and severe mental illness.
Main duties of the job
The core role is to provide assessment, treatment planning and interventions to service users with moderate to severe mental illness. This includes assessing new referrals, working with a caseload of service users and contributing to the wider team in things such as FACT and Duty roles
We value working to peoples strengths and giving everyone the chance to develop to be the best practitioner they can be
Our Team and Service is committed to supporting you in developing career pathways within the community and retaining good quality and experienced staff.
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidates will hold a current Professional qualification as a Registered Nurse, Occupational Therapist or a Social worker with an appetite for creative thinking in the face of challenges. If this is you and you have a passion for mental health and the energy to want to work in a supportive and diverse Community Mental Health Recovery Team then we look forward to your application.
We welcome all enquiries for fixed term contracts and secondments.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Nursing degree or equivalent, or equivalent
- Ongoing professional development working towards degree level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
- Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Competent assessment skills
- Risk assessment knowledge and skills
Desirable criteria
- Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
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
- Kevin Germany
- Job title
- Community Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03001234178
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