Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Community Mental Health Practitioner
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Job Opportunity: Community Mental Health Practitioner for Older Adults
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic, and skilled Community Mental Health Practitioner to join our busy Community Mental Health Team for Older Adults in South Lakes.
About the Role
We are looking for an Assessment and Duty Practitioner, someone who enjoys and works well in a team setting and is also able to work independently; is committed to working with older people with mental health needs and is able to work effectively in this role.
Responsibilities
As an Assessment and Duty Practitioner, you will:
- Provide comprehensive assessment, advice, and treatment to people with highly complex needs referred to Community Services in accordance with care pathways for given specialism including risk assessment and management to a broad range of people with functional and organic mental health needs.
- Undertake Duty for the team, the triaging, and response to incoming queries and concerns.
- Include support and oversight for the Physical health provision within the team.
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The integrated team incorporates a:
- Memory Assessment Service
- CMHT function for patients with more complex needs associated with both functional and organic illness
- Care Home Liaison function
The unique set-up of these integrated teams allows a seamless delivery of care for patients throughout all stages of their illness, and a collaborative approach within the team.
About Us
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
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Flexible Working
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, and flexi-time.
Wellbeing
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Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
Contact Us
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Gail Porter
Job title: Service Manager
Email address: gail.porter@lscft.nhs.uk
For enquiries please contact the following staff:
Gail Porter: Service Manager for OA Community services Bay locality: 07432 535393 gail.porter@lscft.nhs.uk
Jade Jones - Clinical Lead for OA CMHT South Lakes: 01530 462597 Jade.Jones@lscft.nhs.uk
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