Home Treatment Team Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner
Posting date: | 23 January 2025 |
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Salary: | Not specified |
Additional salary information: | £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T) |
Hours: | Full time |
Closing date: | 22 February 2025 |
Location: | Uxbridge, UB8 3NN |
Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
Job type: | Permanent |
Job reference: | 6919515/333-G-HM-0699 |
Summary
Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic RMN interested in joining our dynamic Adult Home Treatment Team?
HTT work with service users presenting in acute mental health crisis, preventing hospital admission and supporting early discharge from hospital. The service works closely with both the inpatient ward and Community Mental Health Team, all based at the Riverside Centre, Hillingdon Hospital. The service runs 7 days a week 8-830PM 365 days a year.
The Team provides crisis response and assessment, and also acute home treatment to people with mental health problems at risk of admission to hospital. A psychologist will be expected to provide brief focused assessment and treatment to people with defined common mental health difficulties.
They will co-ordinate the care of patients of the HTT, and assist in the promotion of the use of evidence-based practice through the provision of clinical advice and support; acting as a role model; and providing education and training where appropriate. They will liaise closely with the Trustwide Single Point of Access / Central Flow Hub providing rapid response to mental health crisis situations where necessary and appropriate.
To participate in the implementation of professional and Trust-wide clinical policies.
You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a sound understanding of current government legislation, the ability to work as part of a MDT and provide high quality care with evidence based therapeutic interventions.
In return we offer regular clinical supervision, and excellent professional developmental opportunities within a supportive environment.
The Riverside Centre is in the grounds of Hillingdon Hospital.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
The post holder will be involved in the ongoing development of the HTT, providing crisis response and assessment, and also acute home treatment to people with mental health problems at risk of admission to hospital. A psychologist will be expected to provide brief focused assessment and treatment to people with defined common mental health difficulties.
They will co-ordinate the care of patients of the HTT, and assist in the promotion of the use of evidence-based practice through the provision of clinical advice and support; acting as a role model; and providing education and training where appropriate. They will liaise closely with the Trustwide Single Point of Access / Central Flow Hub providing rapid response to mental health crisis situations where necessary and appropriate.
This advert closes on Thursday 6 Feb 2025
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