Community Mental Health Practitioner - Yeovil, United Kingdom - Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

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Yeovil, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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We are currently transforming Mental Health Services in Somerset and have an exciting opportunity for you to be part of South Somerset's Older Persons Community Mental Health Service.

We have vacancies for for registered professionals to join our team as Mental Health Practitioners in Yeovil.

Are you a registered professional in either:

Mental Health Nursing
Occupational Therapy
Social Work

Are you committed to going the extra mile to enhance patient care?

Are you comfortable being part of an open and hardworking culture?

Are you ambitious and driven to expand your clinical skills?

If so - then we would love to hear from you Informal discussions welcome.

You'll join the team in providing a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for our Older patients with severe and enduring mental health difficulties within the Community Mental Health Service.

The role involves managing a defined caseload, with a focus on working with individuals who experience a complex range of needs and difficulties, and supporting their significant others.

Acting as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will provide assessment, psychosocial, evidence-based interventions using a collaborative, recovery approach and will be skilled at positive risk management.

You will contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, providing supervision for other team members, as agreed with the Team Manager, and participate in team and service development and evaluation.

Liaison with a wide range of agencies is central to the role.

As well as taking pride in caring for our patients, we also prioritise taking care of our employees You will be part of a compassionate and friendly team who understand the challenges that arise when working and the importance of supporting one another through these.

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust endeavours to provide development opportunities for those looking to develop a career in the NHS, in both clinical and non-clinical roles.

We have six active and impactful colleague networks.

These networks provide a safe space for colleagues to share their experiences and learn from one another, but also influence change across our trust:

Multicultural Network
Women's Network
Armed Forces' Network
LGBTQ+ Network
Lived Experience Network, for colleagues living with disabilities
Autistic Colleague Network

As an organisation the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS Discounts.

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