MH Associate Practitioner Newport, Newport, Wales
Job description
We are recruiting for an Associate Practitioner who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS within the Single Point of Access Team. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “great people, great place”.
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values areCompassion,Accountable,Respect andEveryone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Job Purpose
This role is focussed on supporting people with mental health needs and their carers (friends/relatives/carers) and their supporters in the community enabling and assisting them to meet daily health and wellbeing needs, in line with personal recovery goals.
The post holder will contribute to the ongoing assessment, planning delivery and review of activities and interventions against identified health and wellbeing needs, acting as care/recovery coordinator for an allocated group of service users, in accordance with the agreed personal care and recovery plan.
Job Statement
To undertake the role of Lead Clinician for an allocated caseload of service users under standard care, ongoing and participating in the ongoing assessment, planning, delivering and review of care to meet identified physical, mental health and wellbeing needs. This will include:
- Explaining the role of the Lead Clinician
- Organising and participating in defined assessment methods/activities
- Arranging care review meetings in line with Trust policy
- Developing and reviewing appropriate care plans identifying and organising other resources as appropriate
- Computing relevant paper and electronic documentation in line with Trust Record Keeping Policies
