As a community practitioner you will provide evidence based interventions, risk assessment and management to a broad range of people with functional and organic mental health needs. You will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care needs and be responsible for the clinical management of a defined caseload. You will be supported within this role by an approachable and experienced leadership team who are committed to clinical supervision and professional development.
You must strive to deliver high quality, safe patient care and be a good role model in reflecting the trusts core values whilst offering leadership and supervision to junior members of staff.
There will be opportunity to work within the different functions of the team such as care home liaison, step up, diagnostic pathway as well as augment with other services to support patient care.
The team serves the population of South Tyneside and is an established team with a friendly and supportive culture.
Our current working hours are 9am-5pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays) with occasional need to work out of hours to meet individual patient/service need, between 8am and 8pm.
We are seeking to recruit a skilled and motivated community practitioner to join our experienced and effective team.
The successful applicant will have an interest in working with older adults and have appropriate knowledge and skills to support this client group. We are looking for someone who is passionate about working with older adults who can work effectively as part of a team whilst also being able to work autonomously in this demanding role.
Please note this role will be based in South Tyneside Locality,Team base is Monkwearmouth Hospital., We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.
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