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Location

Torquay, Devon | United Kingdom

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Job description

Location: Torquay, TQ2 7AA
Salary: £35392.00 to £42618.00
Date posted: 16th February 2024
Closing date: 3rd March 2024

Our professional responsibility is to reduce the risk of infection to others as far as possible. Getting vaccinated against diseases that can be passed person-to-person in healthcare settings is part of this responsibility. The Trust will provide advice, guidance and support on vaccinations and access to vaccinations where requested.

Job Description:

Weare looking for Senior Mental Health Practitioner to work in our LiaisonPsychiatry Service in Torbay Hospital. Working on a shift based (includingweekends and nights) you will play an essential role in providing 24/7specialist mental health services to those who need them.

Based within Torbay Hospital, you will become part of amulti-disciplinary team providing assessment, referral and signposting to appropriate agencies that deliverrecovery-focused care for people with complex mental health needs.

Youwill be a strong confident and capable senior mental health practitionercapable of making decisions that change lives. This post is a fantastic opportunityfor the candidate to gain experience and undertake training anddevelopment opportunities to help them establish a strong career within anaward winning mental health trust. We welcome those with a nursing, social work or occupational health background to augment the skills and knowledge of our current team.

Main duties of the job

Youwill be responsible for taking the lead for mental health services in TorbayHospital and making decisions that affect lives.

It will be your job to make specialist mental healthassessments, and devise interventions that will help people to recover. Youwill play a key role in a dynamic multidisciplinary team, working with multipleagencies on a daily basis.

You will be confident working with theknowledge to devise individual recovery plans for the people you see. Itsimportant that you can communicate effectively, not only with your team colleagues but also our professional colleagues within other disciplines across the hospital, with the community mental health teams and with the people you care for, their families and carers. .

You will be an experienced mental health professional with aprofessional mental health qualification (RMN, CQSW / ASW, BSc/Diploma in OT,SROT)

As a team, we positively endorse further career personal development opportunities and developing specialisms in your role that contribute to the range of knowledge the service can utilise.

About us

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader Employer.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Skills

• Desire to develop and promote learning, specialist skills and knowledge appropriate for the service.

Experience

• Knowledge and experience of acute mental health issues within working age and Older adults.
• An understanding of the Care Programme Approach / Local Mental Health Care Pathways / Mental Health Act / Mental Health Capacity Act & DOLS requirements.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health problems.
• Able to produce accurate, concise & well written assessments.
• Able to prioritise work to reflect change in needs.
• Able to work collaboratively with clients, carers, relatives and associated professionals, to ensure safe and effective outcomes.
• Evidence of working as an autonomous practitioner without direct supervision.
• Ability to assess risk and action appropriate responses.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of professions from various settings.
• Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes.
• Understanding of recovery principles in Mental Health.
• Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively within a busy team.

Qualifications

• A professional mental health qualification eg: RMN, CQSW / ASW, BSc/Diploma in OT A current registration with a professional body ie NMC, Social Work England etc.
• Post graduate qualification relevant to specialism.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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