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Community Practitioner

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS...

Location:
United Kingdom , Jarrow

Category:
Nursing

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

38682.00 - 46580.00 GBP / Year

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Job Description:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Practitioner to join our new Intensive Support Team (IST) working alongside the Community Autism and Learning Disability (Needs Led) Service. The expectation of the Intensive Support Team will be to: support people who present with behaviours that challenge the system, work with people with complex mental health presentation who are not able to be supported within community mental health teams due to their needs related to their learning disabilities and /or autism, and work with the person in their own residence, reducing/preventing the need for the use of restrictive practices, inpatient services and out-of-area/residential placements. The service will be integrated at a local level across all relevant services and provide psychological and psychiatric person-centred interventions for people accessing either the specialist learning disabilities team, or the enhanced primary care service. The team is intrinsically linked with the dynamic support register and offers support over the 7-day period and aims to proactively target people with autism and / or learning disability, who are most at risk of unplanned mental health admissions due to mental illness or behavioural presentation.

Job Responsibility:

Provide urgent and planned support, act on early warning signs, deliver evidence-based interventions and support families/carers
Key role in planning transitions between different settings, whist advocating for a person's rights and ensuring they are actively involved in the decision making
Provide support 7 days per week with core hours of 8am to 8pm with flexibility to deliver care outside of these hours, dependant on service user need
Travel to community premises and across the sites as needed

Requirements:

Professional Qualification and current Professional Registration as, a First Level Registered Nurse (RNMH, RMN, RNLD) or equivalent as an AHP, Social Worker or Clinical Psychologist
Evidence of post-registration training in clinical/ psychological interventions / skills relevant to the post
Proven track record of post registration clinical experience relevant to the post
Mentor Training
Up-to-date knowledge/experience of relevant legislation
12 to 24 month band 5 qualified nurse experience dependent upon service need
Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, NMC standards and other local and national initiatives
Proven ability to carry out and provide comprehensive written assessments and care planning with individuals with complex mental health needs
Risk Assessment and Risk Management / Safety Planning skills
Demonstrate an understanding of effective & appropriate treatment options including a range of evidence based clinical approaches as identified in NICE Guidance
Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills
Ability to adapt work under pressure within a changing environment

Nice to have:

Knowledge of evidence based treatments for psychosis and non psychosis
Understanding and experience of managing complex caseload
Experience of working within a community mental health setting
Knowledge of other services which link to community services including voluntary and statutory agencies

What we offer:

Learning and training opportunities
Clinical supervision
Supportive, collaborative team culture

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 23, 2025

Expiration:
December 29, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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