Are you looking for a role where you can make a meaningful impact every day, using your skills, experience, and compassion to support people in crisis?
Imagine living in Cornwall -- a county renowned for its stunning natural beauty, with rugged coastlines, picturesque countryside, and some of the best beaches in the UK. With millions of visitors each year, this could be your opportunity to call Cornwall home and contribute to the wellbeing of our community.
At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, we are dedicated to promoting positive mental health and wellbeing. Our aim is to draw on our expertise and partnerships to provide safe, high-quality services focused on recovery. Our Home Treatment and Crisis teams play a vital role in the acute care pathway for individuals experiencing mental health challenges, and we are making significant investments to enhance these services. Your skills and passion could be exactly what we need to grow our teams.
This is an exciting time to join us as we expand and develop our services to deliver top-quality mental health care for those in crisis. We are a forward-thinking and innovative team currently working towards QN-CRHTT accreditation, and we welcome your experience and energy as we continue this journey.
A generous relocation package is available for this role. Main duties of the job
Our Mental Health Practitioners will work as part of an established integrated multi-disciplinary Home Treatment Team, Mental Health Connect line and Crisis Hub.
The team promotes a dynamic and innovative way of working, triaging and responding to mental health crisis calls and referrals, providing interventions, support, guidance and signposting. The service further delivers timely and responsive face to face assessments where required.
We welcome applications from nurses, occupational therapists and social workers. This team is made up of a Psychiatrist, Nurses, Occupational Therapist, Approved Mental Health Practitioners, Social Workers, CAPS, Wellbeing Coaches and Support Time Recovery Workers with the support of an admin team and psychologists.
To build and broaden your experience whilst adding variety to the post, the successful candidate/s will rotate between working in Home Treatment Team, the Crisis Hub and the Mental Health Connect Helpline.
This is a full-time post, working 13 long days/nights over a 4 week period. Part time hours considered.
We are a forward thinking and innovative team and are presently working towards QN-CRHTT accreditation. If you want to work in this dynamic and progressive team, helping those in crisis please follow the link to apply now!
About us
We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Job description Job responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.
Person Specification Education /Qualifications Essential Current professional registration - NMC / HCPC Professional qualification - RMN / SW / OT Evidence of continued professional development Skills / Experience Essential Previous experience working with service users in mental health crisis Substantial post registration experience leadership and management skills Employer details Employer name
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
West Cornwall
Longreach House
Redruth
TR15 3ER
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