Community Mental Health Practitioner inBlackpool inBlackpool PUBLISHED 23 DEC 2023

Band 6: £35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum  PERMANENT 

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

To actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and code of conduct.To undertake mental health assessments including Risk assessments within a multi-disciplinary assessment team.To be proficient in referring to other clinicians within the service or referring to other services/agencies where necessary.To provide a fast, responsive service to assess individual's needs.Providing a communication structure between GP's, IAPT and non IAPT services in LSCFT, non-statutory service, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) you will use your skills, knowledge and understanding to deliver exceptional quality care for adults with moderate to severe mental health difficulties.

As a Lead Practitioner, you will coordinator careby working closely with people who are suffering from various mental health conditions in their own homes or in the community to help them recover from their illness and improve their general quality of life. This role includes assessing patients, providing care/support, developing risk assessments, collaborative care planning, medication management and physical health monitoring, managing patient documents and all other general nursing duties.

Alongside becoming an advocate for the people in your care, supporting and signposting them, so they can focus on their recovery and helping them met their life goals.

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

To actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and code of conduct.To undertake mental health assessments including Risk assessments within a multi-disciplinary assessment team.To be proficient in referring to other clinicians within the service or referring to other services/agencies where necessary.To provide a fast, responsive service to assess individual's needs.Providing a communication structure between GP's, IAPT and non IAPT services in LSCFT, non-statutory service, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) you will use your skills, knowledge and understanding to deliver exceptional quality care for adults with moderate to severe mental health difficulties.

As a Lead Practitioner, you will coordinator careby working closely with people who are suffering from various mental health conditions in their own homes or in the community to help them recover from their illness and improve their general quality of life. This role includes assessing patients, providing care/support, developing risk assessments, collaborative care planning, medication management and physical health monitoring, managing patient documents and all other general nursing duties.

Alongside becoming an advocate for the people in your care, supporting and signposting them, so they can focus on their recovery and helping them met their life goals.



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