Mental Health Practitioner (Developmental Post)

Band 5: A 12 month secondment / fixed term Developmental Post: Leading to Band 6 opportunity within the service. Torbay Psychiatric Liaison Service are offering a further opportunity for a Band 5 clinician to develop their knowledge and skills with a view to achieving a Band 6 role after a minimum of 12 months practice. The post holder will deliver high quality mental health services. The focus will be providing assessment, risk planning and a treatment plan to people with mental health difficulties and their carers. The post holder will be an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team. The position offered is a band 5 developmental post. You will have a qualification in mental health or in occupational therapy and will be working in an expanding multi-disciplinary team here at Torbay District General Hospital. Post will be for 37.5 hours per week and the shift pattern will cater for a 24/7 service, including night shifts on a rota basis. This is a development role in Liaison Psychiatry services. We are seeking to appoint a Band 5 clinician with a view to development towards a Band 6 opportunity after a minimum 12 month period with the service. It would be desirable if the applicant has at significant experience of post qualification at Band 5, prior to applying.,

• The post holder will deliver high quality mental health services. The focus will be providing triage, assessment and recovery focused planning, referral and signposting treatment to people within the general hospital.
• Contribute to the teams liaison with other professionals.
• Impart complex and sensitive information:
• Patients and families/carers re assessment, care planning, treatment and review
• Multi-disciplinary teams to ensure the provision of consistent well care
• Primary care teams regarding client care
• Externalagencies also involved in the provision of care e.g.: voluntary and private sector, police, social services, housing, employment etc
• Provide and receive information some of which may be contentious, sensitive andcomplex to and from individuals and their families/carers and actively seek supportas appropriate.
• Actively contribute to multi-disciplinary team working.
• Facilitate fair access to social care services and promote social inclusion regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
• Undertake risk assessments and determine the appropriate course of action, which has taken into consideration a range of possible options. Where necessary, ensure that consultation with senior colleagues is undertaken.
• Undertake bio-psycho-social assessments and develop a working formulation and diagnosis which will lead to the development of personalised care packages.
  
  We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

About Devon Partnership Trust We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery. We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do