# Community Mental Health Practitioner - Brent CMHT

**Company**: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £45,953 to £54,254 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Community Mental Health Practitioner to join our Brent Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). The successful candidate will be responsible for providing comprehensive assessments, developing care plans, and working closely with GPs and other healthcare professionals.

The team serves the population of Brent, a diverse and vibrant borough in North West London. The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing support to adults experiencing mental health crises.

**Main Duties:**

- Conduct initial and comprehensive assessments of health and social care needs

- Develop and maintain effective communication strategies with General Practice Teams

- Provide supervision to identified groups of staff and students on placement

- Participate in MDT activities, including duty and clinic rotas

- Work within CNWL policies and procedures, upholding the organisation's values and ethos

**Requirements:**

- Qualified Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist

- Current registration with the relevant professional body

- Significant experience working in a clinical area providing mental and physical health care

- Demonstrable experience working with people who experience serious ongoing mental health problems

- Knowledge of working with people prescribed Clozapine or Long Acting Injection medication

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary: £45,953 to £54,254 per annum

- Permanent, full-time position

- Opportunities for professional development and training

**Location:** 27-29 Fairlight Avenue, London, NW10 8AL

## Skills

### Required
- care planning
- empowering and working in partnership
- safeguarding and advocacy
- Mental Capacity Act
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- infection control
- manual handling
- obtaining consent
- medicines management
- teamwork and communication
- leadership and management

### Nice to have
- non-medical prescribing
- knowledge of Cardio Metabolic risks
- substance misuse
- supervision and line management training

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