Sanctuary Personnel is currently seeking an experienced Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to take on a new locum opportunity based in Newport.
Location: Newport
Contract Type: Locum, 3-month contract
Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week. 24 hours, 7 days a week. This team will be moving to all hours coverage in the coming months so rotation of shifts including nights will be an expectation of the role.
Pay Rates:
- Days - £35.97 p/h
- Nights/Saturdays - £46.77 p/h
- Sundays/Bank Holidays - £57.59 p/h
Duties:
- Provision of Education about Mental Health to acute colleagues will be an expectation of the role
- Have the opportunity to support our new Mental Health Rapid Response Vehicle service, delivering support for people experiencing mental health crisis in the community in partnership with our ambulance service
Requirements of the Senior Mental Health Practitioner:
- Relevant registration
- A Registered Mental Health Practitioner (Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker) with experience of working with People experiencing a mental health crisis
- A highly motivated, compassionate person who is able to work under pressure
- Passionate about improving the experience for people who access support and treatment, and we welcome any ideas to develop and improve the service we provide
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to interact at all levels
- Attention to detail and proven ability to work to tight deadlines are essential for this role, as well as a high level of accuracy, data management skills and proven IT skills particularly in Electronic Patient Records
Contact:
This Senior Mental Health Practitioner job is advertised by Alex Meek; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from: PIP Assessors, Ward Managers, Deputy Ward Managers, CAMHS Practitioners, Community Mental Health Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Nurses, Psychiatric Nurses & Community Nurses as we have vacancies that match with these job titles. Online remote nurse jobs are available from time to time so please get in touch.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Registered Mental Health Nurse role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements.
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Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.
