Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Home Based Treatment Practitioner
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Registered Mental Health Practitioner
This is an exciting and new opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Practitioner to join the Home Based Treatment Team within the Fylde coast locality on a developmental post. The successful candidate will start as a Band 5 and works towards achieving a competency framework to allow progression to Band 6.
About the Role
The Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) offers 7-day support to service users and their families/carers, who are suffering from mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute inpatient environment. There is a strong focus on the recovery model, providing therapeutic interventions and risk management skills to allow care to be provided within a community setting.
The Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) are always striving towards excellence in service delivery, ensuring quality is at the forefront of all we do.
Responsibilities
Successful applicants will be provided with a full induction to the team and will have regular clinical supervision sessions and an opportunity to complete their appraisal focusing on their personal and career development. Furthermore, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to be supported by a mentor within the team to support meeting competency frameworks set to become a band 6 practitioner within the HBTT.
Requirements
You will be a mental health (MH) practitioner working within a multidisciplinary team and carry out a diverse range of duties.
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- Work across a 7-day service covering day shifts.
- Be dynamic and forward-thinking with the ability to work as part of a Team and in partnership with local services.
- Undertake night duty and uphold the Trust values at all times.
As a Band 5 MH practitioner within the team, you will be regularly supported and supervised by a nominated Band 6 Nurse and you will be encouraged to take personal responsibility for clinical supervision and your continued professional development plan.
You will actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence, and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and Code of Conduct.
You will provide support to the nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment, formulation, planning, and monitoring of care given to service users.
You will exercise professional accountability and responsibility using skills, knowledge, and expertise in changing environments, across clinical boundaries, and in unfamiliar situations as outlined within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
You will be required to offer clinical and managerial leadership to non-registered staff and nursing associates as part of your role within the team.
Diversity and Inclusion
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognizing 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.
Flexible Working
LSCFT supports 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
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
Contact Information
For further information about the role, please contact:
- Name: Stacey Smith
- Job title: Interim Team Leader - Social Worker
- Email address: StaceyL.Smith@lscft.nhs.uk
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