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Bournemouth West Community Mental Health team have an opportunity for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner or newly qualified staff at Band 5 with a view to gaining training, experience, and support over a set period and with the opportunity to move into a band 6 post on successful completion.

The  Adult Community Mental Health team provides recovery-focused treatment plans for those people with severe mental illness .

You will manage a caseload of patients with SMI and provide a comprehensive, accessible, and responsive mental health service to people and their families. You will be a committed, dynamic, motivated professional with excellent communication, organisational skills, and the ability to prioritise your work. You will have the support and opportunity to develop your own skills and we offer structured management supervision and a very supportive team environment.

This role is a part-time position working 37.5 hours a week within a Monday to Friday 9 to 5 timeframe, covering Central and West Bournemouth locality, based at the Hahnemann House site  and will need to have a valid driving licence and use of a car to travel to assess and monitor patients in their own homes and within other community or inpatient settings.

For further details or to arrange an informal visit please contact the Team Leader on 01202 584440. 

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

You will have recent experience working in a mental health environment and be able to apply the philosophies of engagement and recovery in your work with service users and have an awareness of the Mental Health Act. As a Community Mental Health Practitioner, you will contribute to effective multi-disciplinary working within the community mental health service and build up effective liaison with community, primary, and other secondary and tertiary services/agencies within the locality to provide holistic care based on the individual’s need and service development.

You will communicate effectively in verbal and written form in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information in difficult situations using de-escalation, mediation, resolution, and professional Duty of Candour.

You will evaluate care, taking appropriate action leading to improvement in quality standards through clinical audit.

We would welcome applications from newly qualified  nurses and we provide a very comprehensive and fully supported Preceptorship Programme for newly qualified healthcare professionals.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

At Dorset HealthCare, we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives, through our outstanding, joined-up Healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 Community Hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and Mental Health services for a population of almost 800,000 people. We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘Outstanding’ in 2019.

It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities. Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future; we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.