Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Band 6

Location Swindon
Job type Contract
Salary £30 per hour
Reference 165110

Sanctuary Personnel, an award-winning and renowned Recruitment Agency is looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to work full-time based in Swindon, Wiltshire.

The pay rate for this locum Senior Mental Health Practitioner role is £30 per hour (Assignment rate) and is a 3-month contract.

Shift Pattern:

5 days with 1 day working from home

Duties:

Provide assessments and interventions to young people how present in crisis at the general hospital, alongside offering telephone support to professionals, carers, family and young people who are contacting the service in crisis
Provide time to the daily duty rota, complete risk assessments, care plans, clinical notes and crisis plans where needed
Attend Multi agency meetings as and when required for the patents we support
Provide specific interventions to young people accessing our service
Contribute to the Initial assessments for children referred to CAMHS
Provide consultation and advice to professionals

Requirements of the Senior Mental Health Practitioner:

Degree or equivalent in Mental Health Nursing
Current NMC registration with valid live pin
Significant NHS experience as a Mental Health Practitioner
Ability to drive, experience of Community CAMHS or CAMHS in general
Ability to undertake assessments of high-risk patients and routine patients
Ability to attend multi agency meetings
Ability to use Microsoft Teams

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

  • Free DBS and compliance service

  • Daily payroll

  • Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies

  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive mental health nursing knowledge

  • Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each candidate you refer who we successfully place

  • Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us

  • Clinical governance support

  • In house payroll system

  • Revalidation

  • Industry leading shift booking system

  • Nationwide coverage including the Channel Islands

Contact: 

This Senior Mental Health Practitioner job is advertised by Ross Welton; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best-placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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 your work placement.