Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner - Truro, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Truro, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner:

Band 6:

Main area

Community Mental Health Nurse

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Grade

Band 6

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Contract

Permanent

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Hours

Full time
Part time

37.5 hours per week
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Job ref
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Site

Truro Health Park

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Town

Truro

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Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Pro Rata
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

01/04/2024 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_
- _Care based on what matters to people. _
- _Care provided at home or close to home. _
- _Improvement through learning, research and innovation. _
- _Prevention and alternatives to hospital._

_Great Organisation_
- _Buildings that support health and wellbeing. _
- _Technology enabled care. _
- _Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services. _
- _Safe, efficient, effective and productive._

_Great People_
- _A place people love to work and feel valued. _
- _Living our values with staff (all voices count). _
- _Attract, grow and develop talent. _
- _Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen._

_Great Partner_
- _Encourage and enable effective partnerships. _
- _Joined-up community services. _
- _Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities. _
- _Reduce our impact on the environment._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:

We have an exciting opportunity available for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join the Carrick Community Mental Health Team.

Our multidisciplinary team strives to deliver high quality and effective services to people experiencing severe and enduring mental health problems.

We offer assessment and treatment of mental health problems, with a focus on effectiveness and recovery, working to promote the independence of our service users.

The team are looking for someone who can demonstrate the Trust's vision and values in practice, are motivated to be involved in innovation and service development and and are passionate about mental health.

Ideally, you will have a core profession in Mental Health Nursing and experience working independently in a mental health setting.

As an ICMHT team member you must have both a positive outlook and sense of humour to accept the challenges of working in a busy locality that extends to seaside towns and rural locations.

You will need to have knowledge of general mental health problems, the impact this may have on service users and their treatment.

You will receive regular support and supervision from the Management and Leadership team.

Main duties of the job:

To be responsible for the assessment of care needs and clinical management of a defined caseload within the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT) Mental Health Service.
To carry continuing responsibility for the development, implementation and evaluation of programs of care, utilising the care coordination system.
To develop the interface between primary and secondary care services so the patients/carers are offered focused and coordinated packages of care that are appropriate to their needs
You will need to have knowledge of the CPA process, legislation around mental health and The Mental Health Act. You will need excellent communication skills and place value on team and interagency working. We would like to work with an individual who wants to utilise their skills to effect positive changes for our service users.
To demonstrate passion and commitment to mental health issues, have an excellent approach to clientcentred care along with working flexibly as part of a team, to deliver innovative health and social care.

Working for our organisation:

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We al