Specialist Mental Health Practitioner - Saint Ives, United Kingdom - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

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Saint Ives, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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We are currently looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Mental Health (MH) Practitioner to join our St Ives Neighbourhood Team (NT) Older People's Service.

This is a great opportunity to join our friendly and passionate Team working with a specialised client group.

You will not only be part of an established well integrated MH team including CPNs, psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrist, MH Support Worker, Social Workers, but will also be part of the exciting Integrated Care model built around NT's.

We are motivated to provide a service-user focused, evidence-based interventions for people aged 65 and over living in their own homes/care homes with both Functional/Organic mental health illness.

We seek to provide high quality and effective treatment, care and support which is informed by your professional body.

The post has opportunities to develop skills and knowledge via training and working alongside experienced practitioners and to be involved in service improvement.

You will have the opportunity to manage a caseload of service users, delivering a diverse range of clinical skills delivering therapeutic and recovery-based interventions.

We seek to empower service users and carers to actively engage in their recovery journey, working alongside a range of third sector organisations.

This service covers St Ives, Huntingdon and the surrounding rural areas.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community.

These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

Mental Health practitioners in Neighbourhood Teams will provide assessment and interventions for people with significant mental health conditions

Offer training, advice and guidance to colleagues in the neighbourhood team on common mental health conditions.

Participate in Neighbourhood Team MDT meetings and ensure key information is recorded in shared care plans

Work closely with the mental health integrated care team in order to provide an excellent mental health service.

Clinical Assessment of mental health needs