Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Flexibility maybe required around shift pattern.
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 days a week 24hrs)
- Job ref
- 311-S652-25-A
- Employer
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Mental Health Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
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Job overview
The Home Treatment Team is a busy and fast-paced service that provides an alternative to acute psychiatric hospital admission, being the least restrictive option. The aim of the service is to support patients in the community and prevent hospital admission wherever possible. We support people who are unwell in the community, providing a vast range of support. This includes psychological formulations, medical reviews, Occupational Therapy assessments and plans, crisis breaks in our crisis flats, practical support, low level CBT interventions, safety planning, medication management and monitoring.
Main duties of the job
You will complete gatekeeping referrals identifying if either, a hospital admission or core Home Treatment is required.
You will undertake comprehensive assessments of the mental health needs of individuals who are referred to the service, in addition to comprehensive risk assessments. You will formulate and review safety plans and care plans. No one day is the same and you will need a flexible, creative and supportive approach within the team.
Following assessment you will be responsible for reviewing the risk of the patient and participating in MDT's to formulate a plan for the patient along with your colleagues and peers.
As a senior mental health practitioner you will offer support and guidance to junior members of staff on the team.
Working for our organisation
The Team operates 7 days a week 24hrs a day
The Home Treatment Team works closely with both psychiatric wards at Stepping Hill, the Crisis Flats, Community Mental Heath Teams, adult and children social care, Early Intervention Team, Patient Flow, Hospital Liaison Team.
Staff are expected to participate in the overall development of the service, ensuring that the principles of Clinical Governance underpin all developments.
It is expected that you will deliver care in accordance with all Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures, the Mental Health Act and community care legislation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN/RNMH/Social Worker equivalent
- Completion of Preparation for Mentorship / Practice Teacher / Fieldwork Educator qualification or willingness to complete
- Evidence of on-going CPD
Desirable criteria
- Degree - or working towards completion.
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
- Formal teaching qualification.
- Further training in brief psychosocial interventions.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience.
- Proven experience of working with clients with complex needs.
- Experience of working with individuals who present to mental health services in crisis and have symptoms of mental health illness
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams.
- Experience of providing supervision to junior staff
Desirable criteria
- Primary care mental health work experience
- Experienced in the use of outcome measures such as CORE, PHQ9 and GAD7
- Experience of working with a psychological model of care
- Experience of triaging referrals.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of current mental health legislation, Safe Guarding and Child Protection Legislation
- Awareness of NICE Guidance in the treatment of mental health problems and knowledge of treatments and interventions appropriate for individuals with mental health needs
- Understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues.
- Knowledge of psychosocial assessment and risk assessment/management processes
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive mental health and risk assessment skills.
- Ability to construct effective safety plans, care plans and risk management plans
- Ability to deliver a range of evidence based interventions.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Comprehensive I.T Skills
- Ability to form productive working relationships with service users, carers and multi-disciplinary staff
- Good organisational and prioritisation skills.
Desirable criteria
- CBT/DBT qualification or training/further learning
- Experience in leadership/mentorship
- Supervisor or practice educator/preceptorship role experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Tong
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07976787760
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