Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner

At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel. Are you a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at the Fullwood Barracks, Preston. The vacant post is part time working 15 hours per week. Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you! Benefits

• Access to learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• NHS Pension
• Free Parking
• Gym Access, The Mental Health Practitioner will work within amulti-disciplinary team (MDT) setting to provide a specialised / occupationalmental health service for all service and entitled personnel within theDepartment of Community Mental Health (DCMH) and network as required., Providing a timely and high-quality mental health service toall patients referred to the Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) forassessment and treatment of mental health presentations.
• Act as a clinical resource and liaise with MedicalOfficers / General Practitioners (MO / GP) and offer advice to the chain of commandon mental health matters, the administrative management of personnel withmental health difficulties and mental health promotion.
• Deliver evidence based therapeutic interventions for commonmental disorders, individually, in groups and via face to face and digitalplatforms while undertaking a programme of training for this role.
• Directly provide psychological assessments and interventionsto individuals and groups.
• Be responsible for ensuring clinical outcome data isroutinely entered and appropriately collated, as well as engage in serviceevaluation, outcome measurement, audit and research projects to benefit serviceusers.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and PersonSpecification for the full list of duties. Selection Process The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, a short presentation or case study will be required, alongside this you will also be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills :
• NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
• NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
• NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
• NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK1 Information Processing
The sift will be completed within5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a dateto be confirmed. There will be no reimbursementfor any travel expenses for the interview. Please ensure you demonstratethat you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications andmemberships in the CV section of the application form. To be considered for this role, qualifications andmemberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting yourapplication. Successful candidates must meetthe security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of securityneeded is security check. If found successful for this position, you will be required toprovide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not aproof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure toprovide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment beingwithdrawn. All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to theCivil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwiseadvised) effective from the employment start date. Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to thesuccessful candidate. Where business needs allow, some roles may besuitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is anon-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expectedto spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacityand any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locationsfor official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towardsthis level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regardinghow this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contactdetails). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about workingarrangements. There is no requirement to deployas this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity ofcare required by our patients when based at home. The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home,excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will beeligible for the full package, subject to eligibility. We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to befully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply.Please see the attached further information document for full details. As a resultof the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled workervisa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be businesscritical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsora visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will requiresponsorship under the points-based system. Should youapply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application willbe rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn. Please see the link to our YouTube channel foradvice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answeringbehaviour-based questions. Hints and tips such as : Your behaviours can be basedon situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to thebehaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. Thisvacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative - The Civil Service embracesdiversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability ConfidentScheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selectioncriteria. If you need to advise us that youneed additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process,please contact . The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe andhealthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on thebenefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects ofsecond-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under theSmoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobaccoproducts (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not bepermitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is WholeForce and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and othernon-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employmentwith the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it isalready in place at a number of Defence Establishments. Person Specification Registrations and Memberships Essential
• Registered with one of the following regulatory bodies : NMC, HCPC.
Registration Details Essential
• Please provide your membership registration number.
• You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
• Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Provide a CV Essential
• Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
• Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
• Please use double spacing where possible.
  
  The post holder will have experience of working in adultcommunity mental healthcare. As well as hold robust clinical assessment skillsand an understanding of an occupational role and needs of individualspresenting to the service., Registered Mental Health Nurse or graduate level professional with background in mental health; substantial post-qualification training and experience in at least 2 evidence based psychological therapies and accredited or eligible for accreditation from a recognised body (BABCP, BACP, UKCP) OR Registered Mental Health Nurse with a demonstrable experience working at Band 5 or above. Experience of working in a Community Mental Health setting. Demonstrable experience of using NICE recommended psychological interventions OR Must possess a Postgraduate / Graduate certificate in evidence based psychological treatments with demonstrable experience in a community mental health role.
  
  Oursuccess depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservistmilitary, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working togetherseamlessly to deliver for us.
Ourcivil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy,making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentaryprocesses. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sitesaround the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest,most exciting departments in government. TheMinistry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from acrossthe full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as thenorm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeksfull pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid,and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay. Inreturn, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop thatrecognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of ateam. Ifyouve ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have rolesin more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your futurewill take you, together.