Community Mental Health Practitioner

Job overview

Weymouth & Portland Older Persons  Community Mental Health team seeks a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner.  This post offers a great opportunity for newly qualified practitioners or those working in an inpatient setting looking for a change.

The team is based at Weymouth Community Hospital in Weymouth and covers all of Weymouth and Portland which is a thriving and diverse seaside community in the beautiful West Dorset area. You will need to have a valid driving licence and use of a car as they will be required to assess and monitor patients in their own homes and within other community settings. As a Mental Health Practitioner, you will provide care delivery which considers people's safety, privacy, and dignity. You will provide interventions, assessments, and treatments, manage patients on a caseload and plan, implement and review health improvement programmes in a range of settings.

You will work within a supportive established integrated multi-disciplinary team. This team is made up of a Psychiatrist, Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Mental Health Practitioner's,  Support Time Recovery Workers and Psychologists, including an Art Therapist.

The Community Mental Health Practitioner role is full-time Monday to Friday and based in Weymouth & Portland area. You will need to have a valid driving licence and use of a car as you will be required to assess and monitor patients in their own homes and within other community setting

Main duties of the job

You will be supported in your clinical work, and professional development, by an experienced Mental Health Nurse, with ongoing close and supportive supervision from the Team Leader together with an agreed programme of training and development.

Having experience working in a community mental health environment would be useful, but not essential, you will need to be able to apply the philosophies of engagement and recovery within your work with service users.

Pay matching: If you’re a ward based band 5 working shifts with enhancements, we can ensure you don’t take a pay cut when you take on a band 6 Mon-Fri 9-5 by starting you at a pay point within band 6 that matches your previous average income.

For further details or to arrange an informal socially distanced visit; please contact Emma Pancar on 01305 762505. I look forward to hearing from prospective candidates.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification.  When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact [email protected]

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.  Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.