Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-CS-21540
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Orchard House
- Town
- Lewes
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 PA / Pro rata for part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 08:00
Employer heading
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East Sussex CAMHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Incentives Apply
NHS AfC: Band 7
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
East Sussex CAMHS
Senior Mental Health Practitioner - B7
Based in Lewes
The East Sussex CAMHS Team have an exiting opportunity for a permanent post. The team delivers a service to children and families where there are significant mental health difficulties. The team provides assessment and treatment to children experiencing depression, anxiety and trauma. We work closely with partner agencies to ensure compressive care plans are in place to support families.
The role will be variable and exciting, sometimes challenging and there is a need for flexibility but it is always very interesting and rewarding. You will need to be motivated, forward thinking and have a strong commitment to providing high quality care to provide the best outcomes for young people. Excellent risk assessment and safety planning skills are essential to this role.
This post offers the Trust's £4,000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses & Practitioners, as well as a relocation package up to a maximum of £8,000 (subject to terms and conditions).
Main duties of the job
As a senior practitioner you will be expected to undertake work with complex cases and provide supervision and support to your colleagues. The role involves both assessment and treatment and participation in the new Stepped Care Model. The role is open to experienced nurses, social workers, OT's and psychologists who have an established background in mental health.
Working for our organisation
We are looking for an experienced mental health practitioner, preferably with some previous experience of working in mental health within a community based mental health team with excellent risk assessment and care planning skills. You should be willing to work autonomously as well as part of a team. The team thrives through being supportive to each other in an environment that can be changeable due to service capacity and demand. You will need to be flexible and have excellent communication skills. In return you will be well supported by experienced clinicians who will help you to develop and thrive in this environment. All your skills and training will be fully utilised and developed through clinical supervision and training opportunities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To contribute to the day to day leadership of a clinical team providing a high quality service within the resources available in a defined area, and specifically to deliver on the following key areas.
- To offer specialist mental health assessments to Young People who are experiencing moderate to sever mental health difficulties.
- Assessment includes care and safety planning, risk assessment and management and facilitating safe discharge.
- This role involves liaising with other agencies and professionals and developing ongoing positive working relationships with them to support young people who present in crisis.
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy or Nursing/Social Work Or Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
- Registration with HCPC/NMC/Social Work England
- Training in the use of standardised assessment tools
- Extensive experience as a qualified mental health practitioner
- Broad experience of working with clients with a range of mental health problems
- Experience in leadership - this can involve leading on a project
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Experience of supervising staff and students
- Experience as a Lead Practitioner
- CAMHS experience
- Experience of multi-agency work
- Able to communication complex information to service users, carers and colleagues
- Develop partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies.
- Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Care Group and those of the Trust
- Team working
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post qualification study
- Experience in applying a range of assessment tools and a comprehensive knowledge of clinical approaches
- Lived experience of mental health issues
- Evidence based therapeutic intervention skills or willingness to undertake training
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 Prince Stephen
- Job title
- Service Manager- East Sussex CAMHS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 0327
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