Mental Health Practitioner - London, United Kingdom - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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This is an exciting time to join Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) as a Band 4 Mental Health Practitioner as we have seen significant investment in the provision of mental health care.

This includes three new senior leadership mental health nursing roles to steer strategic and operational improvements as well as the establishment of two new mental health nursing teams at Charing Cross and St Mary's sites.

As part of this expanding service, mental health professionals will play a key part in this organisational change, providing flexible therapeutic support to patients and acting as a resource and source of expertise to other clinicians across the hospital.

The senior leadership team will also support our staff to build on their own practice, progress their career, and enhance their expertise through robust supervision, and access training and development opportunities.

To deliver high quality, patient centred, compassionate care under the direction of a senior RMN in the Mental Health Team, with a focus on promoting health and independence.
To provide enhanced care and continuous observations to patients with mental health conditions or patients experiencing psychological distress.
To act as a resource in caring for mental health patients providing enhanced care, support and advice to other professionals.
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of service users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person cantered care principles.
To work closely with the psychiatric liaison team, mental health matron and other clinical staff.
Be able to work without direct supervision within the parameters of the mental health practitioner role, at times delivering care independently in line with an evidence based care plan implementing clinical and care advice as needed.
To work flexibly between clinical environments on one hospital site depending on the needs of the service.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.

Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.