Duty Mental Health Practitioner (RMN/SW/OT)

Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker? Are you looking to work in a dedicated and supportive team?

We are looking for a Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker to join our Older Adults Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) based in the South of Bucks. We are expanding the permanent posts within our duty team and are recruiting into a full time post into this dedicated team, working alongside our Duty team and Clinical Lead Nurses.

We are a friendly, supportive and proactive team with a culture of high standards of care and any successful applicant will need to be committed to maintaining this. The team works closely with a wide range of internal and external partner’s including GPs, district nursing, therapy services, ambulatory care, social care and physical and mental health inpatient providers. We aim to deliver well-coordinated patient care and to share our respective skills and knowledge with one another.

Our team covers a wide geographical area bordering Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Slough, Amersham and Marlow and so is ideally placed for staff commuting from Oxford, Milton Keynes, Reading and Aylesbury.

Our main office is in High Wycombe and our inpatient beds are based in Aylesbury.

Core working hours are Monday-Friday 09:00-17:00. Out-of-hours support services are managed via a team rota. Staff will be expected to work on this rota which includes occasional weekend 09:00-17:00 shifts.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of our MDT you will be responsible for supporting the coordination of our duty team, triaging referrals, planning assessments and liaison with the bed flow team, and local Psych wards. You will be expected to respond to urgent and emergency referrals, providing crisis support for people with dementia, and brief interventions to our older adult patients with mental health needs. You will also work closely with the crisis team who provide support for older adults with functional disorders.

The MDT is made up of Medical, RMN's, OT, SW and Psychology colleagues and we highly regard one another's professional background and contribution to the care of our patients. We view supervision as fundamental to the functioning of the team both clinically and in terms of the well being of our staff.

The responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Work as an autonomous practitioner as an active participant of the multi-disciplinary team undertaking specialist assessments in collaboration with the patient and their families/carers and presenting back to the wider MDT.
• Work in partnership with service users and their families/carers to ensure the development of a treatment plan to facilitate their safety, promote their well-being and support their independence and inclusion in the community. This may include working closely with partner agencies.
• Support and supervise junior members of the team
• Deputise for deputy team manager/team manager as appropriat

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.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

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.