Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Crisis and Home Treatment Service

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In our BSW (Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire) CAMHS service we are proud to be developing a needs-led, responsive and accessible service based on the i-Thrive model.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to work within our integrated CAMHS team and join our newly developing Crisis and Home Treatment Service (CAHTS). The role will involving working alongside the existing CAMHS provision to support young people in mental health crisis. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team with access to supervision and training to support you in this role. We are interested to hear from clinician’s with a range of experience including ward experience or experience working in Adult services.

We provide a service that operates Monday - Friday 9am- 8pm and Weekends/Bank holidays 10am-6pm and you will be required to work shifts across these hours. This post is full time but we would welcome conversations about flexibility. You will also cover an out of hours on call rota which is supported by managers and Psychiatrists.

The post holder will also contribute to the liaison service provided to the local District General Hospitals.

In everything we do, we strive to be caring, safe and excellent. We expect our staff to share and demonstrate these values as we work to constantly improve the quality of care we provide. This ensures that we have the right workforce to deliver effective team-working and excellent patient care and experience.

For further details / informal visits contact:

NameMegan SadlerJob titleClinical Team Manager
Email: megan.sadler@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Tel: 01865 903777

Additional contact information

Carey Gurd - Consultant Mental Health Practitioner

Tel: 01865 903422

• New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.

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