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Job summary

Main area
Community Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
346-NYA-109-24
Employer
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Princess Road Clinic
Town
Malton
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 pro rata, per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust logo

Senior Community Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 6

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a kind and experienced Senior Community Practitioner (part time - 22.5 hours) to join our friendly and dedicated colleagues at Princess Road Clinic in Malton.

Whitby and Ryedale Integrated Community Team provides mental health services and delivers care to adults across the Ryedale area.

Princess Road Clinic is a short walk from the main market square in Malton where there are many local shops and cafes. Princess Road Clinic benefits from free on-site parking, and is easily accessed by car, bus and bicycle.

As a member of the team, you will work alongside all members of the multi-disciplinary team which includes Registered Nurses, Social Workers, Psychologists and Psychology Assistants, Consultant Psychiatrists and medics, Pharmacists, Team admin and support workers. With access to and support from specialist services available in the trust, and excellent working relationships with local partner organisations.

The team and locality is an area of high activity, and no two days are the same. If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and are looking to be part of a team striving to make a difference, we will welcome your application for this role.

Main duties of the job

As a key worker/care coordinator you will be expected to hold a case load of patients, to be able to deliver care to meet the identified patients needs autonomously and with the support from the MDT. You will be required to participate in the duty worker rota and support the patient journey from referral to discharge. As a senior community practitioner, you will be expected to provide support to junior members of the team and to provide an excellent learning environment for students who are placed with the team.

Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.

For full details on the duties of this role, please refer to the attached job description.

Working for our organisation

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention to crisis and specialist care - our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For Full details of the main duties of this role please see attached job description, this will also include the person specifications.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Current professional registration with an approved professional body.
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
  • For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education. Must be achieved within agreed timescale
  • 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
  • Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale
  • Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
  • Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
  • Leadership or management qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a care environment.
  • Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
  • Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate.
  • Mentoring or facilitating students on practice placement. Working in a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable criteria
  • Significant experience working with mental ill health in a community environment.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
  • Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment
  • Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
Desirable criteria
  • The Trust’s Quality Improvement System (QIS)

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
  • Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional / care co-ordinator responsibilities
  • Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice
Desirable criteria
  • Competency in venepuncture

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employer

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Patrick Appleby-Reid
Job title
Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01653696661
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