Community Mental Health Practitioner

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Full time
Location: Blandford Forum
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Job offered by: NHS
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Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a reliable, committed, dynamic, and motivated professional with excellent communication and organisational skills, and the ability to prioritise work? Blandford Community Mental Health team seeks a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner.

As a Mental Health Practitioner, you will provide care delivery that considers people's safety, privacy, and dignity. You will provide interventions, assessments, and treatments, manage patients on a caseload, and plan, implement, and review health improvement programmes in a range of settings. You will work within a supportive established integrated multi-disciplinary team made up of a Psychiatrist, Nurse prescriber, Mental Health Practitioner, Social Workers, OTs, Support Time Recovery Workers, and Psychologists. The Community Mental Health Practitioner role is full-time Monday to Friday and based in Blandford, covering the surrounding villages. A valid driving licence and use of a car are required as you will assess and monitor patients in their own homes and within other community settings. Main Duties and Responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role, please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application, please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post. Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills, and Training

RMN Current professional registration Experience of working in Community Further evidence of professional development and training Phlebotomy trained Job Specific Experience

Experience of ICPA and Risk Assessment and Management Ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate treatment programmes Understanding of safeguarding processes Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 Working knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct Good written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills IT

Experience of using electronic patient records systems Evidence of using basic IT packages Physical Health

Knowledge of physical health and its link with mental health Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applications from candidates that require visa sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

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