Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Provide psychological support to health and care staff who wish to access to support from the GM Resilience Hub, regarding trauma related difficulties., As a senior clinician within the Hub you will:
· Deliver telephone and online psychological interventions, consultations and support to individuals working for Pennine Care, experiencing any non-urgent mental health needs.
· Support users of the service to access appropriate treatment, including making referrals on their behalf to mental health services;
· Promote the offer of the Hub's support across GM.
· Play an active role in supporting the development of the Hub in becoming a GM centre of excellence in the care of those experiencing psychological difficulties as a result of involvement in a major incident or other trauma, · Support management to ensure there are safe and effective care pathways in place for those impacted by major incidents, including referring people into NHS mental health services across the UK
· Undertake clinical reviews of screening information and other referrals received in the Hub
· Provide direct assessment, risk assessment and formulation of complex/high risk adults, including professionals, open to the Hub
· Take a lead on care planning and provide expert advice on the range of services available to adults, including professionals, impacted by major incidents
· Plan and deliver group interventions to cyp, families and adults, including professionals, with a focus on psycho-social interventions for trauma
· Support the Clinical Team Leader (Engagement) in the planning and delivery of training events for other professionals working with those affected by major incidents
· Be the senior clinician on home visits to families impacted by major incidents as required
· Remain committed to ensuring a clear, timely and optimum outcome and resolution for all referrals into the Hub
· Promote and maintain partnerships and effective interfaces with other professionals and agencies that work alongside mental health services in supporting those affected by major incidents
· Take a lead on care planning and the provision of advise on accessing the range of services available to those impacted by major incidents.
· To coordinate with other Hub staff and staff in mental health services across the UK in clinical decision making and the expediting of treatment where appropriate
· To improve and positively develop clinical practice in relation to the assessment and formulation of those impacted by major incidents
· To use sound clinical knowledge and awareness of national guidance in relation to trauma focussed interventions to support practitioners in the services offered to survivors of major incidents, wherever they live in the UK
· To maintain an agreed level of clinical activity as agreed through job planning
· To provide telephone support to those affected by major incident where this is required in addition to local interventions
· Coordinate and manage individual adults' pathways to ensure high quality services and care planning outcomes are achieved.
· To provide direct assessment, risk management, formulation and case management for adults and contribute to safety plans for them where required
· Ensure services work in collaboration with children's and adults' community mental health teams to provide safe care for families impacted by major incidents
· To ensure safeguarding practices are routinely followed and managed and action taken in relation to Child and Adult Safeguarding policies and procedures, as required
· To ensure risk assessments regarding physical and psychological safety are undertaken for each person referred to the service
· To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individuals and provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management of trauma symptoms
· To provide specialist advice, guidance or consultation to team members and other professionals contributing directly to clients' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plans
· To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans to individuals, families and other professionals involved in their care
· Comply with requirements for professional registration, standards, codes of conduct and continuous professional development
· To offer and participate in clinical and professional supervision
· Provide education and support for others in the care of clients, working to reduce stigma, misconception and alienation of service users.
· To model a collaborative and influencing style of working, negotiating with others to achieve the best outcomes
· To develop and implement clinical policies that impact within the department.
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Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.
What happens after your application has been received?
You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.
What happens if I am offered the position after interview?
The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.
What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?
By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:
+ Identity verification
+ Right to work check
+ Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
+ Professional registration and/or qualification check
+ Occupational health assessment
+ Employment history and reference validation
All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.
If you are offer a position with is and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offer is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.
What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?
Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.
Other important information
+ We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
+ If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
+ If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
+ Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
+ We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

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