Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner
Job Type : Temporary, Full Time
Salary : £15 – £20/hour
Job Title and Grade: Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner
Location/Trust: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS FT
Department Covered: MH Liaison Team
Pay Rates: Agenda for Change
The Role:
The post holder will support the Clinical Team Manager in carrying continuing professional and managerial responsibility for their clinical area. They will also contribute to maintenance of the overall standards, which will include assessment of need and delivery of care within the context of Effective Care Coordination. The post holder will work within an integrated team to ensure continuity of care for service users on their journey through the acute service. The post holder will work from within the community environment but be expected to be flexible in terms of delivering care within a variety of settings.
* Give/receive regular clinical supervision as per Trust policy.
* Ensure the clinical environment is conducive to promote service users health, safety and well-being, thereby preserving and respecting each service user’s personal dignity, privacy, religious and cultural beliefs.
* Ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
* For post holders with nursing registration, ensure the safe management of medicines and adhere to safe practice and principles of administration in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct and Trust Medicines Code.
* Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the Multi-disciplinary team.
* Participate and promote positive intra-agency working.
* Participate in the referral process, including the assessment of such individuals in accordance with the agreed care pathway and the completion of quality reports where appropriate.
* Responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision and act as Care Coordinator as required.
* Participate and assist in setting standards of service user care based on sound research findings.
* Where indicated and following completion of the relevant training the practitioner will act as a non-medical prescriber, at all times working within their sphere of clinical competence.
Skills/Responsibilities:
* Skills/Responsibilities
* The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users’ and their carers.
* The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery.
* HCPC or OT or NMC registration.
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) provides inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and Wigan and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond. We also provide Health and Justice Services in a number of custodial settings.
In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals
(NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: –
* Competitive Pay Rates – work this week, get paid next week!
* First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
* Dedicated consultants
* Flexible working options
* Free DBS and free training
* Build holiday allowance
* Support when you need it – 24/7 365 days – Call us anytime on (phone number removed)
* Stakeholder pension scheme
Who are NHS Professionals?
NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.
Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don’t have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades, and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.
For more information on the roles or details on how to join NHS Professionals, simply get in touch with Ami Mandalia for Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner role on (phone number removed).
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Disclaimer
Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion
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