Job summary
Employer heading
Specialist Mental Health Practitioner
Band 7
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) as we strive towards an outstanding model of care for people affected by mental health and their families. We are looking for exceptional mental health professionals with extensive experience who can support the Lead Nurse for Mental Health in the delivery of effective clinical support to ward teams to enhance the care to patients across all three of our divisions (Medicine, Surgery and Family and Clinical Support Services)
This is an exciting time to join HHFT as the Trust and partners are ambitiously working to modernise our hospitals and health services in a programme that will deliver a new hospital to serve the people of north and mid Hampshire, as well as many other healthcare benefits, as part of the government’s Health Infrastructure Plan to modernise NHS hospitals.
The provision of outstanding integrated mental health care across our services for the benefit off all patients is a key commitment for HHFT.
Main duties of the job
The Team
The post holders will work in collaboration with system partners to support the Lead Nurse for Mental Health in developing the provision of care for people with mental health needs across HHFT. This is a newly established nurse led service, which the successful candidates will play a key role in shaping and developing.
We are seeking to recruit senior professionals who have the passion and tenacity to improve the care and safety of patients. The service will provide seven day a week cover providing expert advice, hands on role modelling and supporting best practice across all departments. Each Specialist Practitioner will play an important role working across all sites, Basingstoke, Winchester and Andover. The areas of specialism include:
Emergency /Unscheduled Care
Children, Young People and Maternity
Older Persons
Adults
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First degree or equivalent experience
- RMN/Social Worker/ OT with demonstrable mental health experience and or relevant qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Specific education/training qualification
- Masters in relevant area of practice
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- In-depth knowledge of mental health diagnosis, treatment and interventions across various specialisms
- Comprehensive specialist knowledge of Mental Health legislation
- Significant experience across a range of mental health service provision and client groups
- Experience of developing and facilitation of educational training
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering mental health care within an acute hospital
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria
- Ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships and provide a link with system partners including Mental Health Liaison and Community Teams
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
Desirable criteria
- Talking Therapies
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Morgan
- Job title
- Associate Director of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07909 099628
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