Mental Health Practitioner - Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom - NHS

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Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner to join our Early intervention in psychosis team.
You will be enthusiastic and highly motivated with experience in the delivery of high-quality planned care. In addition you will be offered training in the caarms assessment and the interventions required for the EIP pathways.

There is an expectation of commitment to the development of high quality care, and to engage in quality improvement activities.

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help.

In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood.

Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes.

Nursing applicants should already hold NMC registration and have successfully completed their preceptorship programme. Newly qualified Nurses or those due to qualify will be recruited via a separate process.
Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to post

MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education or willingness to work towards.

Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
Working with people with mental ill-health
Evidence based knowledge of best practice of caring for service users in designated field
Understanding of safeguarding and it's application in practice
Awareness of risk assessment and it's application in practice
Awareness of psychological models of care and treatment
Awareness of research and evidence-based practice in designated field
Experience of undertaking lead professional and care coordination responsibilities
To work towards providing effective teaching, training and supervision of MDT colleagues
Self-aware of personal professional development needs
Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policies and service need.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
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