Assistant Practitioner

Main area Older Persons Community Mental Health Team Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent: 37.5 Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job
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Site Carlton Court Town Lowestoft Salary £28,392 - £31,157 gross per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/2026 23:59

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.

We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to join the Intensive Older Peoples Service covering the Great Yarmouth and Waveney locality
We provide short term intensive community assessment and treatment for people with Dementia, as well as for those aged over 70 with a functional illness. Responding to emergency and urgent referrals, as well as those from our colleagues in the CMHTs.
We work closely with service users, families and care providers to agree a holistic and focused care and treatment package. We work as a multidisciplinary team to achieve the best outcomes for our service users. Our aim is to avoid hospital admission where possible but we will support this when necessary.
A full induction will be provided and although previous experience of working with older adults is an advantage, we welcome applications from those with varying backgrounds.
We offer a supportive and open team environment where you will be encouraged to share your ideas and be part of the development of the service.
We offer team supervision led by our psychology department as well as individual supervision and appraisal.
As an Assistant Practitioner within IOPS you will be working in a friendly supportive team to deliver excellent care.
You will require excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to work flexibly in a busy environment.

You will be involved in the assessment, planning, review and delivery of care and treatment in conjunction with the service users and carers, both in their own home and care homes.

You will need the ability to plan safe discharge from the team as well as signposting and onward referrals as agreed with the service user.

You will be expected to complete physical health checks and alert any findings outside of normal range whilst incorporating health promotion principles into practice.

You will be expected to identify risk and elevate any concerns regarding safety.

You will be required to clearly document and record all patient contacts and local recording systems.

Valid UK Driving licence is required for this post**

Why work for us?

We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) Based on full time hours.
• NHS discounts and many more

You will need to be enthusiastic and conscientious and do everything you can to provide the best care to our service users. We are looking for someone who displays compassion, empathy, and sensitivity in your approach to people who may be distressed or have a challenging presentation.

• Care certificate or relevant equivalent. Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care/mental health or apprenticeship in H&SC/mental health L5

• Working with Service Users with mental health needs
• Working within Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
• Working knowledge and understanding of CPA process

• Able to drive and use of own transport to travel throughout catchment area in Suffolk & Norfolk.

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