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Mental Health Practitioner (RMN/OT/Social Worker) | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Dyddiad hysbysebu: 13 May 2024
Cyflog: Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
Oriau: Full time
Dyddiad cau: 12 June 2024
Lleoliad: Nelson, BB9 9TG
Cwmni: Lancashire Care Foundation Trust
Math o swydd: Permanent
Cyfeirnod swydd: 6304112/351-PEN-848-EB

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Community Mental Health Practitioner Band 5
(Preceptorship applications welcome)



Pendle Community Mental Health Team are seeking to appoint a Band 5 Community Mental Health Practitioner. This post provides the opportunity for a forward thinking and experienced individual to develop and implement safe, sound and supportive services that embrace the provision of holistic care.

With a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary working and the principles laid out in the Recovery Model, you will need to be an innovative thinker and be able to form effective relationships.

You must be a registered mental health practitioner, with excellent leadership and clinical skills.

You must have some experience in clinical work with service users experiencing a range of mental health problems.

You need to be able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and have experience of planning, implementing and reviewing care needs.

You will also need to have a working knowledge of the care programme approach (CPA), Dialog+, risk assessment and management, and the ability to explore issues relating to the impact of health and social needs on mental health and well-being.

For further information please contact us on the details provided.





You will be a mental health (MH) practitioner working within a multidisciplinary team and carry out a diverse range of duties.

As a Band 5 MH practitioner within the team you will be regularly supported and supervised by a nominated Band 6 Nurse and the clinical lead/team leader, you will be encouraged to take personal responsibility for clinical supervision and your continued professional development plan.

You will be required to undertake the administration of medications and safe storage of same.

You will actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and Code of Conduct. You are required to maintain links with your professional body and provide evidence for the revalidation process.

You will provide support to the nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care given to service users.

You will exercise professional accountability and responsibility using skills, knowledge and expertise in changing environments, across clinical boundaries and in unfamiliar situations as outlined within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

You will work flexibly by covering the core community mental health team hours of Monday – Friday 9 am – 5pm, to meet the needs of the service and the wider network.

To be compliant with all mandatory training

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.


This advert closes on Monday 27 May 2024

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