Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

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Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 10 July 2025

As part of our Community Transformation programme, we have an opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our established Multidisciplinary team. The aim of the service is to provide recovery-focused treatment and support via personalised care plans for individuals who are presenting with a range of mental health disorders : supporting them from diagnosis to recovery, to enable them to lead the lives they wish to live. You will work with a Multidisciplinary Team : a spectrum of clinical professionals, which includes Nurses, Psychologists, Support Time Recovery workers, etc : as well as a range of collaborative system partners.

We are looking for a positive team player who has a special interest in working compassionately with individuals and their wider support networks.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the existing multi-disciplinary team to deliver robust and proactive treatment to service users via assessment, care planning and review.

To undertake holistic risk assessment; identifying risk management strategies and working collaboratively with service users, carers, wider support networks and system partners to deliver high quality care and treatment.

About us

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Job responsibilities

Provide and oversee the management and care of service users

Produce accurate and timely documentation, conduct and manage the maintenance of records on all service users in line with your professional Code of Conduct and Trust policy

Undertake comprehensive assessments : formulating personalised care plans which reflect the needs of the service user, their family and wider support networks

Conduct risk assessment of the individual and of the potential hazards in the service users environment

Attend the weekly Multidisciplinary team meeting

Report and document incidents as required

Conduct and oversee physical health care checks and act upon the findings

Act as a Care Co-ordinator / Lead Practitioner

Person Specification

Professional

Transport

Experience

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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