Mental Health Practitioner with £3k welcome bonus

Mental Health Practitioner with £3k welcome bonus Band 5

Main area: Mental Health Grade: Band 5 Contract: Permanent Hours: Full-time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref: 246-GYW

Site: Victoria House, Lowestoft Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 gross per annum Salary period: Yearly Closing date: 13/05/:59

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of 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, reflecting our diverse communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge, and experience.

Application process

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Job overview

We are recruiting a Mental Health Practitioner to join our Community Team in Lowestoft.

We welcome applications from newly qualified Practitioners and will support them through their preceptorship and development within the team.

Our values of Positively, Respectfully, and Together reflect what this role entails.

You should be enthusiastic, conscientious, and committed to providing excellent care, demonstrating compassion, empathy, and sensitivity, especially when engaging distressed or challenging service users.

We offer a supportive multidisciplinary environment where you can develop your knowledge of psychosocial interventions and health promotion.

If you are an Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, or Nurse, we would love to discuss how your skills can be utilized within our team!

Main duties

Our focus is on collaborative working and recovery.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Managing a caseload of non-complex service users.
2. Providing holistic support and monitoring for service users and carers.
3. Administering depot medication (for Registered Nurses).
4. Participating in weekly team meetings, reflective practice sessions, and case formulations.

Working for our organization

We pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, and supportive team that values shared experiences and learning.

Benefits include:

• Comprehensive training programs (in-house and external).
• Career progression opportunities.
• Starting annual leave of 27 days, increasing to 33 days based on length of service, plus paid bank holidays.
• NHS discounts and more.

While we aim to maintain our usual recruitment process, interviews may be conducted via MS Teams due to current circumstances.

Additional information

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed responsibilities.

Person specification Qualifications

• Valid registration with NMC or HCPC.
• Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake training.

Other

• Ability to travel independently.

Experience

• CPA implementation.
• Experience in relevant area.
• Experience working within an MDT setting.

We are an equal opportunities employer and actively promote diversity and inclusion.

We participate in the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme. Please indicate your eligibility when applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

Applicants for roles involving contact with service users must ensure their DBS checks are up to date. The Trust now uses the DBS Update Service for instant online checks, which is an annual subscription at a cost of £16.