Community Mental Health Practitioner

Job overview

Are you an experienced RMN or OT seeking a new opportunity?

North and West AMHT have an opportunity for a Band 6 RMN / OT to become part of a well established Multi disciplinary Team on a full time basis. The successful candidate will be appointed to this role at the Nuffield Health Centre, Witney.

The service has a new leadership team structure, with new team leaders in place leading to an improved culture and team. The role presents a fantastic opportunity for someone to develop and broaden their leadership skills - mentoring, supervising, and developing the careers and skills of others, as well as yourself.

The MDT is highly supportive and committed to delivering high quality patient care; where the caseload can be demanding, diverse and frequently complex.

We care deeply about our patients and their loved ones and believe in listening and responding as a team; piloting new models, supporting each other and developing and using new care approaches. We aim to improve patient care as well as provide increase staff satisfaction and sense of achievement.

You will need to be able to travel around the county, to offer interventions to patients and carers, so access to transport is essential.

Main duties of the job

• Working within the AMHT you will co-ordinate the care for patients with severe and enduring mental health diagnosis. • You will work autonomously, with a caseload of patients with whom you will engage and offer the recommended treatment and support. • You will have experience of providing community mental health care and able to assess and plan treatment with service users. • You will also be able to assess and manage risk, including use of Safeguarding processes.

There are opportunities for team working and facilitating groups such as MBT/CBT based interventions.

Our AMHT provide an assessment and treatment function and the staff working within the team work on a rota covering shifts from 09.00 to 21.00 (7 days/week). The successful candidate will be required to work mainly 9-5 Monday to Friday however there is an expectation that there is flexibility to cover the out of hours shifts when required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.