Community Mental Health Practitioner

This senior post sits in the Older Persons Community Mental Health Team at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, working with people with dementia and adults over 65 with functional illness. The work centres on coordinating complex care and risk plans with service users, carers and other agencies, plus a caseload and duty rota. It includes supervising a Band 5 practitioner and a Band 3 support worker. Fit depends on a nursing, mental health practitioner or occupational therapy registration and 24 months’ post-registration experience.

What the job involves

• Coordinate the care of a complex caseload of service users
• Formulate recovery-focused care and risk management plans with service users and, where appropriate, relatives and carers
• Liaise with other services and agencies to achieve the best outcome for service users and their networks
• Carry a caseload and take part in the team’s duty system
• Assess, diagnose, treat and support older adults with cognitive decline or dementia and over-65s with functional mental illness
• Act as a senior clinician, working with other agencies to promote holistic recovery-focused care
• Supervise a Band 5 community practitioner and a Band 3 support worker
• Produce reports
• Run clinics as necessary
• Take an active part in team development

Qualifications

• Registered nurse, mental health practitioner or occupational therapist
• Recognised mentorship qualification for nurses, or preparedness to complete one within an agreed timeframe

Registration & licences

• NMC registration for nurses or HCPC registration for occupational therapists

Experience

• 24 months’ post-registration experience

Skills & knowledge

• Sound clinical skills
• Excellent assessment and communication skills
• Ability to coordinate complex care
• Good administration and IT skills
• Good report writing and organisational skills
• Working knowledge of safeguarding

Checks & eligibility

• UK driving licence suitable for use in the United Kingdom
• Access to a vehicle for work purposes

What’s offered

• Flexible working requests can be discussed as part of the interview process

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