Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Job summary
An
opportunity to become a Mental Health Practitioner in Malvern has arisen, which
is a great opportunity to flex and develop your skills in working with people
with a wide range of mental health-related needs in a creative way, supported
by a close-knit, warm and friendly team.
Your role includes
representing our service within a GP surgery, acting as a point of expert
contact for GPs and other professions working within a defined locality. It
also involves the exercise of considerable autonomy, though with support
readily available and is perhaps unique in terms of the range and variety of
people for whom you will be providing care, as well as being a role that
involves learning skills for managing longer-term therapeutic
relationships. Your working day will
involve spending time both at our base with the team, as well as time out at
GPs and in the community. Homeworking, in-keeping with the autonomy inherent to
the role, is also available.
This is a full time role.
Main duties of the job
Travelling to your GP surgery in
the morning to see two new patients for assessment. While there, dropping in on
one of the GPs to talk about one of the assessments and run through another
proposed referral to decide on the best mental health pathway for them.
Travel to base and write up the
assessments and have the opportunity to talk through any concerns with fellow
team members. You decide who you will be taking onto your caseload; no one
allocates to you.
Attending professional meetings,
including ward reviews via Teams or in person to review patients in your care
Attending MDT every Wednesday
via Teams. Tend to work from home that day. Made some internal referrals to
other team members and discussed some concerns about other patients you’ve been
working with.
Meeting some of your longer-term
patients and reviewing where you’ve got to with their care. Its good to work
from a well-established relationship.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of principles of assessment and formulation for people with mental health problems
- Knowledge of principles of risk assessment and management
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2006 and other relevant legislation
- Knowledge of Personalised Care and Support Planning and principles of Personalised Care.
Desirable
- Knowledge of Care Act
- Experience of working with people in a forensic setting
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Will be required to complete mandatory training.
- Has a commitment to on-going learning, coupled with development of the role to meet patient and service need.
- To participate in regular locality duty system.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a Mental Health setting
- Assessment of people presenting with mental health problems
- Assessment and management of clinical risk
- Working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Managing own case load
Desirable
- Working in a primary care setting
- Working in collaboration with VCSE service
- Experience of Care Coordination/Key working.
- Training/developing staff and/or presenting to groups in a variety of settings
- Experience and knowledge of delivering evidence-based psychosocial interventions
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification relating to Health or Social Care e.g. in social work, nursing, OT with current professional registration
- RMN, BSc/DipSW, BSc OT
- Recent evidence of continuing professional development
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
- Teaching / training qualification
- Psychological therapy qualification
Closing Date: 22 September 2026
To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.