Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Job overview

Senior Practitioner Band 6 role working in the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team

Are you dynamic?

Do you want to make a difference to the care that people receive?

Do you want to influence change?

Then come and join our amazing team here at Great Yarmouth Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team.  We are a unique team in that we are integrated to the ward and our day-care facilities as a partial hospitalisation service which enhances and supports patient centred care to provide a smooth transition throughout our services to ensure that the highest quality of care is received for all our patients and carers.

Main duties of the job

Within this role you will also carry out emergency assessments from Community Teams, GP's and A&E Out of Hours in view of gate-keeping possible admissions, ongoing care or referral to external teams. The team also visits Service Users at home to plan and implement care packages for Crisis and Home Treatment Team patients.

As a team we embrace a Quality Improvement approach.

We are a small team where retention is high and the opportunities to work between our services for individual development is very much supported. We pride ourselves in ensuring that our team are supported and given the best opportunities where possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to work flexibly as this service covers 24 hours 7 days a week.  Although you will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, there will be elements of lone working. The post will sit under the Great Yarmouth & Waveney Acute Mental Health Services within a supportive and progressive Locality.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!