City 1 Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner - Norwich, United Kingdom - Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
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Norwich, United Kingdom

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City 1 (Norwich) Community Mental Health Nurse/Occupational Therapist/Social Worker - £3,000 Welcome Bonus


The team takes pride in being a highly supportive team that wants to get the best out of each other and make a difference to service users with moderate to severe mental illness.


We'd like you to be able to demonstrate a sound understanding of your role as a Lead Care Professional and have an understanding of how service users may enter our service and how we plan interventions to support recovery.


You'll need sound assessment skills; our secondary mental health service cares for individuals with severe and enduring mental health problems such as bipolar, trauma, personality disorder and schizophrenia.


When you join us, you can expect to enjoy plenty of opportunities for joint working, case formulation, training and supervision.

Team members are regularly involved in whole service delivery development, including Day service, Psychological Therapies and joint working with Primary Care.


You'll be working alongside a multi-disciplinary team and part of your role will be to undertake and support clinicians with assessments, undertake the role of the duty worker and manage medication administration.

You'll regularly be working with external agencies as part of a service users care, so being able to work well in a team and having excellent communication skills is vital.

You can expect a thorough induction and training / preceptorship period, as well as opportunities for ongoing development.


You can expect a manageable case load and a supportive management team to ensure you're able to work independently but support is never far away if needed.


The typical job roles and responsibilities will include:

  • Supporting and undertaking assessments depending on experience
  • Attending regular MDT meetings and liaising with colleagues from other services (both internally and externally such as Social Care, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team and third sector organisations)
  • Supporting a caseload via face to face and telephone contacts
  • Involving service users, families, and carers in care planning and decision making
  • Participating in the duty role and the teams FACT model for providing short term stepped up care.


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 have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey.

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.


We welcome you to contact us to discuss more about the role and arrange a time for you to visit the CMHT base and a chance to meet with members of our friendly and supportive team.

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


Some of the benefits you can expect:

  • NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service

  • NHS discounts and many more
**This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000. This is a one-off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable.


Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment.

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