Assistant Practitioner - Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom - Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

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Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Are you a qualified Assistant Practitioner looking to join a team of dynamic and caring professionals?

An opportunity has arisen to join the Access and Assessment Team based at Northgate Hospital, Great Yarmouth. The team works in a recovery focused way with individuals who are experiencing severe and enduring mental ill-health.

Our assessment and triage team are based at Northgate Hospital, Great Yarmouth. However the team are required to travel across the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area to visit service users. You'll be working alongside a supportive multi-disciplinary team of Assistant Practitioners, Nurses, Peer Support Workers and Psychiatrists.

You will need to be conscientious and do everything you can to provide patient centred care.

You will work within the NSFT trust values and be able to meet deadlines to ensure that the service is delivered safely and effectively making sure service users obtain the support and care they need in a timely manner.

Our welcoming and collaborative team is recovery focused, supporting individuals who are referred into the adult mental health service to receive the correct advice, support and signposting.

We're passionate about career progression, development and uncovering training opportunities - from the moment you join us, you will be supported to learn, develop and progress within your mental health career.

By joining our team, you will be well supported to develop further your knowledge and skills to deliver evidence-based interventions for the group of service users.

Personal development will be supported through meaningful Appraisal and via a bespoke training package (a comprehensive in house & external training programmes).

On a monthly basis you will be offered reflective practice sessions, mandatory clinical supervision, and Line management supervision. You will also have an opportunity to actively take part in Quality improvement projects within the service.

There is also opportunities to enrol in local university training programmes in medication management as well as numerous other developmental opportunities.

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 are an improving Trust, with ambitious aspirations pushing ahead with exciting transformation work.

We have strong, established nursing 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.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your key responsibilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY