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Job summary

Main area
Nursing/Social Work/Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
367-ACMS-9411
Employer
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Herfordshire Partnership
Town
Radlett
Salary
£31,469 - £38,308 per annum pro rata (5% fringe HCAS included)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/06/2025 08:00

Employer heading

Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Nurse, Social Worker or Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner

Band 5

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form. 

http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/

 

Job overview

This vacancy is suitable for a newly qualified social worker or mental health nurse with experience in the field of mental health. We would support with Preceptorship or AYSE . 

There is 1 full time role available in Hemel Hempstead and another full time role in Watford. 

Applications from Qualified Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners would also be welcome.

We would love you to join our friendly specialist team in the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service - PATH (Psychosis: Prevention, Assessment and Treatment in Hertfordshire).  Our service users are people experiencing psychosis for the first time and we are committed to delivering personalised and meaningful care.

The role will be working in the South West of Hertfordshire in a specified geographical area, based in Watford.

We welcome applications from candidates interested in full time, part time, job sharing.  We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.

Kindly state at the top if your supporting statement, which location you are applying for.

Please note that this vacancy may close prior to the stated deadline due to a high volume of applications.

 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

  • hold a graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)
    OR have NMC registration as a mental health nurse
    OR have or Social Work England registration as a social worker
  • carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team
  • engage with and gather information from service users, relatives, and patient records to develop a formulation
  • work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based
  • plan and deliver Family Interventions for psychosis (FIP), in line with best practice

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

About us - Hertfordshire NHS Partnership Trust

Heard. Respected. Included. Together, we help people with mental ill-health, learning disabilities and autism to live life to the fullest. We work throughout Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk...

https://www.hertsnhsgreattogether.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

All nurses must be registered with the NMC. All Social Workers must be registered with Social Work England. OT’s must be registered with HCPC.

You will be an active member of a unique mini team model, supporting the care coordinator in planning and delivering a care plan and wider multi-disciplinary team.

You will work in close co-operation with hospital based, primary care-based professionals, other community agencies such as Housing, Probation, Police, Substance misuse, Children Schools & Families and Voluntary Agencies.

You will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for a defined caseload of people with first episode psychosis and and maintaining associated records.

The core functions are to undertake integrated health and social care assessments, supporting the care coordinator in delivering a care plan within a framework of recovery which embraces each individual’s right to choose and control.

The role requires skills in assessing, planning, organising, reviewing and delivering recovery oriented and evidence-based interventions to support the recovery of service users, as agreed with supervising clinician(s). This work will be in accordance with clinical governance processes and professional standards.

For a detailed Job and Person Specification please read attached before applying 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Professional qualifications at degree level or above
  • Membership of professional bodies
Desirable criteria
  • Additional areas of training through short courses

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Experience at in a relevant mental health setting
  • • Evidence of continuing professional development.
  • • Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care with supervision.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • • Working knowledge of MHA (1983), CPA, Risk Assessment and Section 25 etc.

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Essential criteria
  • access to a vehicle with business insurance, full driving license.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application promptly.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gillian Pinnock
Job title
Interim Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Eleanor Atkins - [email protected] 

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