Home Treatment Team Practitioner

Job overview

Band 6 Home Treatment Team Practitioner

Base: Theta Building, Frimley

Hours: 37.5 hours a week

Job overview

We are excited to share an opportunity for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse.

This role involves working within one of our hubs located in Frimley and providing a crisis and home treatment service for all emergency, urgent and routine referrals in the Surrey Heath and Northeast Hampshire area. As a Band 6 you will be working alongside both junior and senior practitioners. You will take a lead in coordinating shifts, delegating to other team members as well as liaising with other key stakeholders. You will be required to urgently respond to request for assessment and treatment of people experiencing a mental health crisis. You will work autonomously as well as an effective team member.

This is an integrated role to support the triage and/or rapid response as well as the Home Treatment elements of the service and the post holder will be responsible for creating an environment which is safe, supportive and an easily accessible with a no wrong door approach.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

• Embody the visions and values of Surrey & Borders Partnership Foundation NHS Trust
• Adhere to the code of practice/conduct of your registering body at all times
• Discharge professional responsibilities under the Mental Health Act (1983) and revised subsequent act Mental Capacity Act (2005) and the NMC Professional Code of Conduct
• Be accountable and responsible for own practice.
• Develop, implement and evaluate evidence-based programmes of care; set standards of care and liaise with other agencies, particularly in relation to people discharged under the Care Programme Approach.
• Participate in the multi-disciplinary assessment of individuals with mental health problems or vulnerabilities living in the community, by providing a community mental health perspective and expertise

As this role is based within a community setting we do require that you must be able to travel between multiple sites and trust locations within the set hours of your working day.

Our Home Treatment Team is a 7 day a week service. The successful applicant will be required to work a shift pattern across the week, including weekends.

Please refer to attached Job Description for full details.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job

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.