Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Ipswich, United Kingdom - Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

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Ipswich, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced mental health practitioner to join our MSNAP Accredited Memory Assessment Service.

The Memory Assessment Service East (CMAS) is nurse-led with a strong emphasis on Multi-disciplinary team working to ensure that users of the service receive high quality, compassionate care throughout their memory assessment process.

The team is comprised of a Psychiatric Consultant, Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Associate Psychologist, Occupational Therapists, Non-medical prescribers, nurses and clinical support workers, and excellent admin support.

The service is proud of being dynamic, responsive and proactive to the changing needs of the local population and its service users.

The team is embracing the opportunity to be part of a Suffolk-wide Memory Assessment Service offer wherein services in both East and West Suffolk are aligned and accredited to the same standard of quality of care.

This is a fantastic time to be part of the development of this ambitious new plan.

General responsibilities include:

Attending a weekly Diagnostic Formulation MDT meeting to review the outcomes of assessments completed
Participating in regular team teaching/ development opportunities
Supporting students on placement with the service
Supporting the facilitation of postdiagnostic groups
Attending monthly Management and Clinical supervision
Participation in service development
Participation in research projects
Development of robust relationships with partner agencies and services.

You will be expected to be able to work autonomously and mange your time well.

You must be able to be able to travel to various locations across Suffolk.

Working for our organisation

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 beautiful countryside.

We're an hour and a half away from London and 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.

Benefits included with this role are:

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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