Community Mental Health Duty Practitioner

Community Mental Health Duty Practitioner NHS AfC:
Band 6

Come and join us

We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.

At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.

We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.

We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may choose to use it to help prepare your application. We welcome innovation but ask that anything you submit reflects your own abilities, experience and voice. AI can support how you describe your skills and experience, but it should never replace your own words as we want to get to know you.

We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Hastings and Rother Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (Specialist Adults) for a registered Community Mental Health Practitioner. You can be a registered Mental Health/Learning Disabilities Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker who has experience of working with people in a community mental health setting.

The Specialist Adults Service is a team supporting adults with complex mental health needs. Your role will involve responding to clinical support needs, urgent work and reviews referred into Duty. You will be working with individuals with complex needs, liaising with their families and other agencies to support recovery and manage risk.

You will need to possess strong decision making, communication and clinical skills and be able to work under some pressure. The ability to work autonomously will be a requirement, however you will be supported by a team of multidisciplinary colleagues on a daily basis and have access to decision making forums within the team where further discussions are required.

You will be joining a warm, friendly, highly supportive team of dedicated colleagues who work together to offer the best possible service to the people we support. In return, we offer access to training opportunities to assist you in realising your potential and achieving a greater degree of job satisfaction.

• To maintain patient safety, in collaboration with patients, carers and families within the Neighbourhood.
• To maintain professional standards of care at all times.
• Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of patient harm, abuse or neglect and taking all reasonable steps to protect the patient.
• Provide clinical advice on complex issues to other members of the clinical team and staff from other disciplines.
• Undertake risk assessments.
• Responsible for decision making and coordination in a crisis situation.
• Take responsibility for the management of complex people who present to the team when their Lead Professional is absent from work and the person requires an urgent response.
• To liaise with other services e.g. Police and Ambulance as required.
• Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards and offering a consistent approach to people open within the team.
• Support the team to deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care.
• Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.
• Support members of the team with other specialist assessments, as required e.g. application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005;
  Knowledge of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, s42 Care Act regarding Safeguarding Adults…