Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Community Mental Health Practitioner
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and compassionate Band 5 Community Mental Health Practitioner to join Chorley Community Mental Health Team.
We are a friendly, supportive and forward-thinking multidisciplinary team committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care. We work collaboratively with service users, families, carers and partner organisations to help people manage their mental health needs, build on their strengths and progress towards meaningful recovery.
Chorley CMHT values professional development, innovation and teamwork. You will receive regular clinical and managerial supervision and will be supported to develop your knowledge, confidence and community mental health practice.
As a Community Mental Health Practitioner, You Will
- Undertake comprehensive, person-centred assessments.
- Develop, implement and review collaborative care and safety plans.
- Manage a defined caseload of people experiencing a range of complex mental health needs.
- Complete effective risk assessments, formulations and safety-management planning.
- Deliver evidence-based interventions that promote recovery, independence and wellbeing.
- Work closely with service users, families and carers.
- Monitor physical health and prescribed treatments, including psychotropic medication.
- Contribute to multidisciplinary meetings, clinical reviews and service-development initiatives.
- Work collaboratively with primary care, social care, inpatient services, urgent-care teams and voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations.
- Maintain clear, timely and accurate clinical records.
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We are looking for a professionally registered Mental Health Nurse, who is passionate about improving outcomes for people experiencing mental health difficulties.
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.
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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.
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.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: James Cornthwaite
- Job title: Service Manager
- Email address: james.cornthwaite@lscft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01772 676068
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