Mental Health Practitioner | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 11 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £31,944 - £34,937 per annum inclusive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 12 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | London, W2 1NY |
| Cwmni: | IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7267915/290-CR-877 |
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As a mental health practitioner, you will play a key part in providing flexible therapeutic support to patients who require mental health care in an acute hospital. You will be required to demonstrate excellent communication skills with a range of stakeholders including, patients, other clinicians, relatives and carers.
You will also be expected to demonstrate an understanding of mental health diagnosis and a well-informed understanding of psychosocial interventions. You will also act as a resource and source of expertise around mental health care to other clinicians across the hospital.
The senior mental health leadership team will support you to build on your own practice, progress your career, and enhance your expertise through robust supervision, and access to training and development opportunities.
You will maintain a high standard of practice when carrying out this varied and dynamic role, including:
• To deliver high quality, patient centred, compassionate care under the direction of a senior RMN in the Mental Health Team, with a focus on promoting health and independence
• To provide enhanced care and continuous observations to patients with mental health conditions or patients experiencing psychological distress.
• To act as a resource in caring for mental health patients providing enhanced care, support and advice to other professionals.
• To ensure the safety and wellbeing of service users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person cantered care principles.
• To work closely with the psychiatric liaison team, mental health matron and other clinical staff.
• Be able to work without direct supervision within the parameters of the mental health practitioner role, at times delivering care independently in line with an evidence based care plan implementing clinical and care advice as needed.
• To work flexibly between clinical environments on one hospital site depending on the needs of the service.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview..
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Jun 2025