Senior Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 05 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,338.00 to £44,962.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37338.00 - £44962.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 June 2025 |
| Location: | Stockport, SK2 7JE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9311-25-0457 |
Summary
Main Duties & Responsibilities To participate in shift coordinator and Gatekeeping rotation To undertake Initial assessments of any new referrals to the service. To carry out thorough assessment of service users current mental health problems and individual needs, including a risk assessment. To develop individualised packages of care for service users with mental health problems, including signposting where necessary. To identify the need for protection in line with safeguarding children and the Protection of Vulnerable Adult Policy and to comply with statutory obligations. To liaise and negotiate with other professions, statutory and independent agencies to ensure the best possible service is provided to service users and carers and to appropriately signpost to other agencies. To assist service users to effectively manage their emotional distress, using psychological evidence-based interventions. To promote medication concordance through medication follow-up, where appropriate. To evaluate systematically and record, outcomes of mental health interventions, adapting care on the basis of these evaluations. To provide education and appropriate self-help resources to patients specific to individual needs. To keep and store up to date written records and follow appropriate Pennine Care policies. To participate in audit of the primary care mental health service if requested. To provide supervision/mentorship to the support workers and students. To utilise managerial and clinical supervision to ensure that care and treatment are tailored to service users, family and community needs; that learning needs are identified and acted upon to ensure professional and personal development. To work with individuals from diverse backgrounds in a culturally sensitive manner. To make and sustain good working relationships with colleagues, peers across all services. To attend and participate in regular team meetings, clinical team meetings, reflective practice and MDT's Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.