Community Mental Health Practitioner

Job overview

We are seeking a Community Mental Health Practitioner who is a key clinical leader within the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to assess, plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence and drive change and promote health and best practice, patient safety and experience.

We are looking for a qualified Band 6 Social worker, Occupational therapist or mental health nurse.

The Community Mental Health Practitioner will be professionally accountable to the Executive Director of Nursing and operationally accountable to the Service Manager/Matron.

Job holders must be able to work competently in a challenging environment and be able to react to changing care demands whilst demonstrating the highest levels of care and empathy towards patients.

This is across all aspects of the role in a flexible manner, demonstrating the trust values.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Sarah's story: A career in community mental health nursing

Main duties of the job

• Carry out and coordinate comprehensive, systematic assessments which take account of relevant mental, physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, and environmental factors, in partnership with service user and others through interaction, observation and measurement •    Work collaboratively with other disciplines, service user and their carers to agree a holistic person-centred care plan that addresses the needs identified through assessment •    To deliver and evaluate safe, person centred care in partnership with the service user and their carers to support recovery •    To act as a clinical leader supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance •    To facilitate and review approved Quality Improvement initiatives within the care setting.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Supporting patients to function to their optimal ability in their environment. This will range from encouraging self-care to providing total physical care depending on the needs of the patient.

Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification