Senior Mental Health Practitioner

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Full time
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner within Middlesbrough EIP.

Middlesbrough EIP are an established Team delivering excellent care and support to the local community and Top Performing last year in NCAP.

The successful candidate will be part of the multi-disciplinary team, manage a caseload, and deliver specific interventions. The candidate will work with adults and older children (from 14 years old) with First Episode in Psychosis. The Team provides an assessment and a range of evidenced-based interventions to improve the lives and outcomes of service users and their families. Successful applicants should therefore have experience in Mental Health and be able to hold a caseload independently. The candidate will work as an autonomous Practitioner within the Team. In-house training is offered regarding delivering Interventions for new members of staff.

Main duties of the job As a senior practitioner, you will form part of the leadership structures of the team offering supervision and guidance to newly qualified and junior staff. You will provide evidenced-based interventions as required. You will provide assessments of need and develop collaborative care plans with patients and families.

This rewarding post will offer opportunities for continued professional development and training with links to local university courses, where post-grad qualifications can be supported. The successful applicants will receive regular appraisal, clinical and management supervision and will benefit from the support of an experienced and committed multi-disciplinary leadership team.

Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. A lease car scheme is in operation as well as other NHS staff benefits.

About us We want you to be part of Our Journey to Change. This is our vision for where we want to be in five years' time - it explains why we do what we do, the kind of organisation we want to be and the three big goals we're committing to over the next five years.

It's the result of our biggest ever listening exercise and really importantly it's been co-created with staff, patients, carers, and partners.

What do we want to achieve?

We want people to lead their best possible lives.

Job description Job responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description for further detailed information regarding the role and main responsibilities.

Minimum Requirements Candidates must have 18 months post-qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential Current professional registration with an approved body Evidence of Continuing Professional Development For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education. Must be achieved within agreed timescale. Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale. Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent) 18 months post-qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.

Desirable Leadership or management qualification Post graduate qualification

Experience Essential Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a care environment. Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers. Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate. Quality improvement activities Mentoring or facilitating students on practice placement Working in a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable Leadership or management experience Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community environment

Knowledge Essential Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for patients in the designated field Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act) Care Programme Approach and its application in practice Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice. Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice Clinical Governance and its application in practice. Research and development methodology Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment

Desirable The Trust's Quality Improvement System (QIS)

Employer details Employer name Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Address Parkside Resource Centre

Park Road North

Middlesbrough

TS1 3LF

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