Community Mental Health Practitioner | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

We currently have a vacancy for a Community Mental Health Nurse (also known as a Care Coordinator) within our Heywood & Middleton CMHT., The Care Coordinator will provide a comprehensive mental health service to adults of working age who experience moderate to severe mental health problems within the community. The practitioner will also:
Work collaboratively across a range of disciplines to continuously promote a 'needs based' approach to all service users.
Promote an integrated approach to service delivery.
Develop clear relapse recognition / prevention plans and share with MDT, service users and carers where appropriate
Develop meaningful engagement with individuals who are often referred to as 'difficult to engage' and their families.

Role Summary:
The successful applicants will work effectively with adult service users with mental health needs across HMR CMHT, predominantly in the active care coordination function and will manage the care of a defined caseload of patients.

The post holders will be highly skilled and competent in conducting comprehensive holistic health and social needs assessments and risk assessments, developing outcome based needs led care plans, facilitating the implementation of the agreed plan of care and evaluating its effectiveness utilising evidence based outcome measures with a focus on recovery and social inclusion.

The post holders will be required to provide a range of highly skilled interventions including group work and share those skills with other team members.

Service/Ward/Department Summary:
The CMHT work primarily with working age adults who have a diagnosis of a Serious Mental Illness and / or Complex Mental Health Difficulties. The care pathway includes a holistic assessment of need / risk, formulation and delivery of a care and treatment plan with a focus on recovery and supporting individuals to achieve and maintain their optimal level of functioning

We are an integrated service with Rochdale Borough Council. We are looking for motivated individuals who want to pursue a career within community mental health services. If you demonstrate the trust values, are committed to supporting to achieve the Trust 4 big ambitions and addressing inequalities, we welcome your application.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.