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

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Bodmin, United Kingdom

10 hours ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Senior Mental Health Community Practitioner:

Band 6:

Main area

Dementia Older Peoples Mental Health

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Grade

Band 6

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Contract

Permanent

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Hours

Full time hours per week

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Job ref

Site

Banham House

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Town

Bodmin

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Salary
- £33,706 - £40,588 Per Annum
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Salary period

Yearly

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Today at 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_:

We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

_ Great Organisation__ _**:

We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

_ Great People _:

We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

_ Great Partner_:

With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people's quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._

- _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:

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join the Dementia Older Peoples Mental Health (DOPMH) service in the North and East Cornwall.

The successful applicant will have the choice to be based at either Banham House, Bodmin, working with the Camel team DOPMH team, or at Elfordliegh Resource centre, Launceston, working with the Valency DOPMH team.

The DOPMH service strives to deliver high quality and effective services to people experiencing a dementia illness and a functional mental health illness age over 75.

We are looking for someone, who has a core profession in mental health nursing, social work or occupational therapy to join our DOPMH service line.

We want people who have experience or who are looking for an experience in working independently in a mental health setting.

As a team member you must have 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 need excellent communication skills and place value on team and inter-agency working.

We need a person who can demonstrate passion and commitment to mental health issues have an approach to excellent client centred care along with working flexibly as part of a 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

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 also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us.

As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

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