Job overview

If you are looking to work in a friendly, supportive and stimulating environment, that challenges your skills and allows you to progress and professionally develop, then this is the opportunity for you. 

We are comprised of Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Support Workers,  Peer support and medical and leadership staff.  We deliver high quality evidence based interventions to the population of our area who require support with psychosis and non psychosis related difficulties. We provide both individual and group interventions and there is a plethora of training and support opportunities available to our staff members. 

Main duties of the job

If you would welcome the opportunity to become part of a warm, friendly and welcoming team with a great range of skills and experience then this is the post for you. Here within the Gateshead West Community Treatment Team  there is a real sense of team spirit, and we are looking to add clinicians with this same positive outlook to our already excellent skill set. As part of this team, you will be encouraged to grow and develop in your role, and to contribute to the development of the service.

To be responsible for the assessment and management of casework of service users who have substantial and complex needs.

To deliver evidenced based Clinical and Psychologically based Interventions.

Coordinate Treatment Planning & Interventions, Reviews and Discharge Planning.

To complete duty days supporting the CTT when other clinicians are not available. 

Working alongside  other agencies to support services users with integrating into the community and supporting their biopsychosocial needs. 

We are able to support staff to take up accredited training in evidence based therapies You will be able to develop your skills by working with service users who have a range of complex mental health needs with associated risk, and you will need to demonstrate experience of being able to plan and deliver in collaboration with service users, families and their carers. 

Working for our organisation

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

We want you to be committed to ensuring that only the highest standards of care are delivered to our service users, their families and carers. In return one of our top priorities is looking after our staff so that we have a happy and healthy workforce. 

You will need to be clinically  experienced, solution focussed and competent in working with individuals, their families, and carers, in a community setting. You should have a collaborative and enthusiastic approach as well as the passion and commitment to develop and promote recovery-based interventions for adults with mental health related needs.