Mental Health Support Team (MHST) Senior Practitioner

The team provide short term intensive rehabilitation to patients in their own homes following hospital discharges and prevents hospital admissions for patients at home. You will have support from and work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide patient centred rehabilitation programmes.

• Relevant experience in a health and social care setting and base level of Occupational therapy / Physiotherapy knowledge
• Knowledge of patient / client conditions relevant to community rehabilitation
• Ability to work under own direction
• Able to travel to meet the need of the role
The successful candidate will work alongside the therapy staff to promote independence and improve function for people recently discharged from hospital.,
• Relevant NVQ Level 3 or equivalent achieved
• Relevant experience in a healthcare setting and base level of therapy knowledge
Desirable criteria
• Associate Practitioner Course or relevant experience
Experience Essential criteria
• Extensive experience of working as a band 3 rehabilitation assistant in a community setting
• Minimum of two years at a band 3 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
• Experience of providing supervision
• Awareness of relevant therapy techniques
• Experience of working in adult social care
Knowledge Essential criteria
• An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
• Knowledge of patient / client conditions relevant to the community setting
• Knowledge of multi-professional working
• Understand the need for professional conduct
  
  Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT. Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT :
• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term / chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.