Care Coordinator/Senior Mental Health Practitioner

at  Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced practitioner to join the Great Yarmouth and Waveney Early Intervention in Psychosis Team on a 12 month fixed-term contract / secondment . The successful candidate will be joining a highly motivated multidisciplinary team to support service users aged between 14-65 who are experiencing first episode psychosis.
The team is based at Northgate Hospital in Great Yarmouth, but we regularly work from a Lowestoft base too.
We would love to hear from you if you have experience in working with people who suffer with mental health difficulties, and you have at least 12 months post qualification experience in a mental health setting or similar .
The post holder will undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care with appropriate supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multiagency environment.
Managing a caseload and the provision of Mental Health Care services to people with mental health care needs.
Support and advice to other health care professionals.
To support aspects of service development.
Provide an appropriate learning environment for relevant University students.
To be responsible for accurate mental health clustering of all patients on admission, discharge and at review.
To ensure all mental health clustering information is passed onto other Trust teams or services on transfer of patients.
To ensure the accuracy and quality of mental health clustering activity within the team.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

We welcome visits to the team and discussion to answer any questions and discuss your interest in the post.

• Previous applicants need not apply *

Please refer the Job description for details