Mental Health Triage Worker Band 5/6 Developmental Post

The Forest of Dean MHICT team at Colliers Court are looking for a newly qualified, or soon to be qualified Mental Health Nurse, who would like to develop skills working within the community; this role will help you to develop new assessment and treatment skills working within a fast paced service. We are open to exploring possible secondment opportunities and shadowing days with the team to help candidates in developing an awareness of the role.

The successful candidate will be supported to complete a personal development plan and for those newly qualified a preceptorship. Supporting the successful candidate to complete a range of activities and learning outcomes including medication management/NMP/CBT and DBT skills. Compassionate, creative & self-motivated mental health professionals are required to help us continue to offer a truly great assessment, signposting and short-term treatment service.

Our health care professional teams, some of whom are Non-Medical Prescribers (NMP), work across the county in local teams. We require forward thinking individuals who have an interest in working in a Mental Health Primary Care context within local GP Surgeries and other Gloucestershire Health and Care Teams, offering assessment, consultation and support to General Practice staff and colleagues in the voluntary and third sector.

Main duties of the job include providing assessment, treatment and signposting to other community services based on health promotion, recovery and socially inclusive principles. We work in GP surgeries as well as community bases, providing face to face, video and telephone appointments. The service currently has access to a range of psychological interventions that form part of the NHS Talking Therapies Service (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) service. As an autonomous worker you will be using your initiative when decision making around which services will best serve your patient.

You will be a newly qualified Mental Health Nurse, (registered with the appropriate professional body) and have experience of first line mental health assessments, including risk assessment. You might be, or are interested in becoming a non-medical prescriber (RMNs only). We are able to support training as an NMP. Participating in supervision and mentoring students is a key part of this role.

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs.

Qualifications:

• Essential: Core Health Professional Qualification. Registered Nurse (Mental Health) or Social Worker or Occupational Therapist. Current Professional Body Registration [NMC or HCPC or Social Work England]. Has driving license and access to vehicle for business use.
• Desirable: Evidence of post registration learning. Formal Teaching & Assessing Course.

Length and/or Nature of Experience:

• Essential: Demonstrable experience in mental health or related area. Experience of working within community setting. Experience of first line assessments including the assessment of risk. Working knowledge of recovering approach and social inclusion. Experience of collaboration working with other agencies including the voluntary sector.
• Desirable: Experience of providing short term evidence based interventions e.g. CBT, Brief solution focussed therapy.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.