Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Primary Care Mental Health Team (PCMHT) based at the Chaucer Resource Centre.
We are recruiting for a full-time substantive Community Practitioner to join our team.
As part of the PCMHT, you will work alongside a diverse and experienced group of professionals, including Band 7 Senior Practitioners, a CAMHS Transitional Practitioner, the medical team, lived experience workers, psychology and psychotherapy staff, and dual diagnosis practitioners.
Your role will involve conducting assessment and short term interventions within a supportive multi-disciplinary team environment, ensuring collaborative and patient-centred care.
This is a fast-paced service with a dynamic team committed to delivering high-quality mental health support.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
To offer comprehensive initial assessments and formulations to service users
To manage the provision of appropriate psychological interventions to a small case load of service users experiencing transitional mental health problems
To exercise autonomous professional autonomy (under supervision) for the assessment, coordination and transfer to the relevant treatment team of a designated caseload.
To provide comprehensive on-going assessment and outcome monitoring of all caseload clients
To participate in the team assessment and duty rota T
To liaise closely with crisis services and emergency out of hours services.To provide evidence based care as outlined in NICE guidance.
Working for our organisation
We are currently based at The Chaucer Resource Centre SE16 2TH.
Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2) and is within walking distance from the beautiful green spaces of Ruskin park and the vibrant high-street that offers great shopping opportunities and with a wide range restaurants.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Demonstrates an understanding of how mood, anxiety and personality difficulties manifest itself and the impact on mental well-being.
Transferable psychological skills and knowledge relevant to work with working age adults with severe and enduring & psychotic disorders in secondary care.
Knowledge of models of therapy. An understanding of the relationship between primary and secondary care services.
Knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapies, particularly DBT and CBT.
Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment.
Knowledge of key legislation and guidelines in relation to statutory mental health responsibilities, including Adult Safeguarding and Child Protection. Understanding of Clinical Governance
Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner with an appropriate level of clinical and managerial supervision. Ability to manage own time and workload.
Engage and maintain healthy relationships in and outside of the team
To give and receive feedback in a constructive way Demonstrates high standards in written communication skill in clear letter/report writing. Effective skills.
Ability to work within a team and foster good relationships.
Ability to work under pressure and to use clinical supervision effectively.
Give receive and respond to feedback
Clinical skills relevant to the post applied for. Skilled in the communication of sensitive issues. Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing and receiving critical and constructive feedback.
Commitment to continuing professional development, to partnership working and to reflective clinical practice
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
1. Advocates for individuals particularly those with protected characteristics promotes equality and diversity
2. Degree standard or professional equivalent. Mentorship Training /998 Other professional development, particularly within psychological modalities. (2)
3. Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions.
4. Significant clinical experience
5. Knowledge of professional and clinical legislation
6. Skills in clinical baseline mental health assessments
7. Skills in risk assessment management and crisis management
Desirable criteria
8. Lived experience
9. Masters
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
10. Knowledge of clinical governance and audit.
11. Experience of research based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice.
12. Significant relevant clinical experience.
13. Evidence of continuing professional development.
14. Experience as a preceptor / mentor.
Desirable criteria
15. Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas.
16. Experience of Interagency working
17. Experience of managing a caseload.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
18. Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations.
19. Skills in risk assessment and risk management and crisis management.
Desirable criteria
20. Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback. (2) •Problem solving, ability to identify problems, review options and take appropriate action without a predetermined framework
21. IT skills.