The Senior Mental Health Practitioner sits in the Lancashire and South Cumbria Early Intervention Service, within the Trust's Children and Families Network. It centres on coordinating care for people aged 14 to 65 with first episode psychosis, many with complex needs, and their families. The holder works autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, leading assessment and care planning, and delivers interventions such as cognitive behaviour therapy. Applicants need a qualification as a registered mental health nurse, occupational therapist or social worker.
What the job involves
- Coordinate and deliver high-quality, effective care to service users with highly complex needs, often linked to high-risk behaviours, and to their families and carers
- Act as an autonomous clinician delivering specialist interventions within the core competencies of the role, such as psychosocial and family interventions
- Provide leadership within the multidisciplinary team
- Ensure effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care for service users
- Promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team
- Work in line with Trust values and the professional body's Code of Conduct
Qualifications
- First level professional qualification as RMN, social worker or occupational therapist
- Accredited learning at degree level 6 or above relevant to practice
Registration & licences
- Current professional registration (NMC for RMN, HCPC for OT, Social Work England for social work)
Experience
- Postgraduate experience
- Assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs
- Working with carers and families of service users
- Using and interpreting structured psychometric assessments
Skills & knowledge
- In-depth knowledge of mental health conditions, specifically psychosis, and their recommended treatments
- Specialist knowledge within own professional area of client care
- Thorough knowledge of acute and community mental health care on the psychosis pathway
- Knowledge of policy drivers for early intervention services
What’s offered
- Flexible working, including term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time
- Wellbeing resources and support
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