Senior Mental Health Practitioner Home Treatment Teams

Job Description

The role

Are you someone looking for a career in one of the UK’s most respected mental health and learning disability trusts

Would you like to do a job that makes a difference every day

We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic, highly motivated Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioners to work within our Home Treatment Team based in Exeter but covering East and Mid Devon.An exciting opportunity has arisen to join East and Mid Devon Home Treatment Team. We are committed to delivering high quality evidenced based interventions with the aim of maintaining clients in their own home wherever possible. We work closely with the clients, carers and their family to promote recovery.We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic and highly motivated Senior Mental Health Practitioners to join our developing team. It is essential you are able to combine knowledge of medication and psychological interventions to provide the best outcomes for patients.Devon Partnership NHS Trust is growing as we establish ourselves us as one of the leading providers of mental health services in the country.Working as part of Devon Partnership NHS Trust, you will make a difference to people’s lives from the moment you start.£31,365 - £37,890 per annum pro rata (Band 6) About you The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, resilient and well organized individual. You will play an active role in maintaining and improving the quality of the service we deliver. We expect that you have excellent verbal and written skills.You will often work under pressure and without direct supervision, so we are looking for someone confident and capable. You will prioritise tasks, and manage your own workload, providing support for your colleagues where required. The location East & Mid DevonContact Donna Budd on / or email or Anthea Langshaw on / or email for more information About us We are a Home Treatment Team comprising of Clinical Team Manager, Senior Mental Health Practitioners, Support Workers, Consultant Psychiatrist and Business Support Administrators. We work with people experiencing severe mental illness who are in acute mental health crisis.Join us at Devon Partnership NHS Trust and you’ll be joining an award-winning organisation that is passionate about mental health and learning disability. One that cares about the people it supports – and one that also cares about its staff.You’ll be part of a team that is compassionate and supportive, and genuinely committed to working together with the people who use our services, their families and carers in everything that we say and do. Our offer to you We recognise our people want to learn and develop, becoming the best that they can be. We offer all our staff a range of training opportunities including a variety of in-house training programmes designed and delivered by experts, and opportunities to access external training where appropriate.In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.Benefits of working at Devon Partnership NHS Trust include:

Commitment to flexible working where this is possible

27 days of annual leave per year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years’ service with the NHS so you can really enjoy what Devon has to offer

Individual personal development plans and a commitment to ongoing training

Generous NHS pension scheme

Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits

Childcare voucher scheme

Health service discounts and online benefits

Incremental pay progression

Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7

Access to our LGBTI+ network

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Cycle to Work Scheme and reduced public transport rates

Structured learning and development opportunities.

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