NHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner – Access to Intervention Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to work in Newport on a full-time basis.

The salary for this permanent Senior Mental Health Practitioner job is £35,392 – £42,618 per annum.

Shift Pattern:

• The post holder will work shifts patterns over a 24/7 week period
• The Access to Intervention service is active 365 days per year, the post holder will be expected to work a rolling one year on and one year off for the public holidays, including Christmas, Easter and New Year

Duties:

• Work as part of the Access to Intervention service for all referrals into adult mental health on the Isle of Wight
• Work as part of a team triaging referrals, completing assessments, brief intervention and signposting service users to the most appropriate care and treatment pathway
• Respond to support and assess people presenting to the mental health services in a state of crisis
• Provide assessments within the community and police station when required

Requirements of the Senior Mental Health Practitioner:

• RMN, Social Worker, Learning Disabilities Nurse, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner or OT with mental health experience
• Have a professional qualification and will have experience of working with service users experiencing mental health concerns and providing crisis mental health assessments and interventions
• Evidence based and experience of reflective practice
• Experience in therapeutic engagement to patients in groups
• Car driver
• Clean driving licence

Contact:

This Senior Mental Health Practitioner job is advertised by Craig Osborne; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.