Job summary
- Main area
- Early Interventions
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment to cover Maternity Leave until the end of March 2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 383-ACC-3617-23-C
- Employer
- Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bayheath House
- Town
- Chesterfield
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Mental Health Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.
We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.
Job overview
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Mental Health Professionals: North Derbyshire Early intervention Service.
Bayheath House
Chesterfield
Fixed term/Secondment Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner post.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Mental Health Practitioner to join the North Derbyshire Early Intervention Service to support the team with their work with people experiencing a first episode of psychosis.
We are looking for a committed, dynamic, enthusiastic mental health practitioner to work within our friendly, multi-disciplinary, innovative team; this posts is open to a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with experience and knowledge of this specialism.
The post holder will work closely with people referred into the service and with their family members in order to promote optimism and potential around vocation and independence. We are looking for committed individuals, who enjoy being part of a team and who value their therapeutic work. We all have a desire to make our Derbyshire wide Early Intervention Services the best we possibly can.
The posts holder will act as a care-coordinator for a designated number of people who are experiencing psychosis for the first time in line with the national early intervention standards.
Main duties of the job
Co-ordinating care for service users from the age of 14-65 experiencing a first episode of psychosis and adopting the policies and philosophy of the service and sharing the team vision.
Be involved in the learning culture and promote social inclusion and enhancing the independence and autonomy of the service user.
Be responsible and accountable for your own practice and have a legal responsibility to service users, colleagues and employers.
Demonstrate strong leadership skills.
Develop knowledge of the early intervention service and take part in appropriate training for the role.
Take part in the yearly NCAP audit.
Be ale to travel across a wide area in a timely and efficient way to meet the needs of the service.
To take part in and to give clinical supervision.
Working for our organisation
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Care co-ordinator for services users experiencing a first episode of psychosis and to have an active role in working with families.
Be involved in on going learning in the team and with it's goals and vision.
To be willing to engage in appropriate training for the role.
Take an active role in the clinical team meetings.
TO be able to travel across a wide area.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or social worker
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working within mental health
- Interest in psychosis and early intervention
- Excellent communication and assessment skills
- Able to work independently and in a team
- Able to build up good therapeutic relationships built on trust and respect
- Able to work with other professional agencies
- Willing to engage in appropriate training for role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Chris Moores
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 123 4451
- Additional information
North Derbyshire Early Intervention Service
Bayheath House
Rose Hill West
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 1JF
0300 123 4451
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Recruitment Team
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
1st Floor Kingsway House (Entrance D)
Kingsway
Derby
DE22 3LZ
- Telephone
- 07900 136267 (please note, my normal working days are Mon-Thu)
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