We are currently looking to recruit a motivated and experienced Band 6 Senior Mental Health (MH) Practitioner to join our Peterborough City Older People’s Community Mental Health Team. This is a great opportunity to join our effective and friendly team working with a client group with more complex mental health needs.
You will be part of a team comprising of Mental Health Practitioners and Support Workers. Working closely with Psychologists, OT and Psychiatrists thus enabling effective coordinated care delivery.
We provide service-user focused, evidence-based interventions for people aged 65 and over living in their own homes/care homes with either functional or organic mental health illness. We provide high quality assessment, treatment, and care coordination which is informed by your professional bodies and National policy.
The post has opportunities to develop skills and knowledge via training, working alongside experienced practitioners and to be involved in service improvement.
You will mainly be covering the city of Peterborough but may also cover other areas of Peterborough as needed, so regular travel is required. Successful applicants will need to have a drivers license and access to a vehicle for work.
The post is based at City Care Centre, Peterborough. CPFT supports agile working, with flexibility for work-life balance. Visits to the team are welcome. There is parking and a café onsite.
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
As a practitioner in the team you will act as a Care Co-ordinator for people who use the service and promote carer involvement in the delivery of care with service user consent.
You will manage a caseload of service users, delivering a diverse range of clinical skills and building a therapeutic and recovery based relationship. We seek to empower service users to actively engage in their recovery journey, working toward an effective discharge and utilising third sector support where needed.
The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under pressure at times, and with a desire for innovation.
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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.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
Mental Health practitioners will provide assessment and interventions for people with significant mental health conditions such as dementias, depression, psychotic illness and personality disorders.
Offer training, advice and guidance to colleagues on common mental health conditions.
Participate in 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.
Assessment and management of risk.
Participating in a duty rota to offer on call support and advice to service users and their carers.
Holistic care planning and co-producing crisis plans with service users, keeping service users and their families at the heart of the intervention.
