Job Description
Job summary
We are looking for a Locum Community Mental Health Practitioner to cover an assignment with the Ministry of Defence (MoD), at Wrexham DCMH, in Wrexham, Wales.
This is a locum role (37.5 hours per week) and the successful candidate will deliver an exceptional standard of care to the MoD service personnel.
Hourly Rate - £28.28 per hour
Main duties of the job
- To provide an outpatient occupationally focused community mental health service within their area of responsibility (AOR) of the Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH)/liaison role. This will include helping to organise and deliver therapeutic interventions, educational training and mental health promotion initiatives in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary mental health team.
- To carry out initial mental health assessments and subsequent reviews for all personnel referred to the DCMH.
- To be responsible for an identified case load by reviewing client needs with ongoing development and evaluation of individual treatment plans.
- To maintain accurate contemporaneous electronic records and clinical notes of all client contact.
- To provide reports to and maintain effective liaison with referring Medical Officers (MOs), General Practitioners and other relevant professional agencies following initial assessment, on discharge or whenever appropriate.
- To participate in and provide clinical supervision.
- To participate in departmental clinical and business meetings and take the lead in initiatives as directed by the Clinical Lead or Department Manager.
- To recognise limits of competence and seek clinical supervision and/or advice as appropriate.
- To be involved in Health Governance (HG) and take the lead on initiatives (e.g. audits) as directed by the HG lead.
Job description
- To provide an outpatient occupationally focused community mental health service within their area of responsibility (AOR) of the Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH)/liaison role. This will include helping to organise and deliver therapeutic interventions, educational training and mental health promotion initiatives in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary mental health team.
- To carry out initial mental health assessments and subsequent reviews for all personnel referred to the DCMH.
- To be responsible for an identified case load by reviewing client needs with ongoing development and evaluation of individual treatment plans.
- To maintain accurate contemporaneous electronic records and clinical notes of all client contact.
- To provide reports to and maintain effective liaison with referring Medical Officers (MOs), General Practitioners and other relevant professional agencies following initial assessment, on discharge or whenever appropriate.
- To participate in and provide clinical supervision.
- To participate in departmental clinical and business meetings and take the lead in initiatives as directed by the Clinical Lead or Department Manager.
- To recognise limits of competence and seek clinical supervision and/or advice as appropriate.
- To be involved in Health Governance (HG) and take the lead on initiatives (e.g. audits) as directed by the HG lead.
- Deliver up to date, evidence-based interventions for mental health problems based on guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Treatment Agency (NTA).