Band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Job Overview

At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel. Are you a Band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient‑focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high‑quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at Hightown Barracks, Wrexham.

The vacant post is part‑time, working 32 hours per week.

The Senior Mental Health Practitioner will work within a multi‑disciplinary team (MDT) setting to provide a specialised/occupational mental health service for all Service and entitled personnel within the Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) and network as required. The post holder will have extensive experience of delivering psychological therapy in a stepped care service. The post holder will require robust clinical assessment skills and an understanding of an occupational role and needs of individuals presenting to the service.

Work with service personnel with complex common mental health disorder related problems for which cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is demonstrated to be clinically effective, individually, in groups and via face‑to‑face and digital platforms while undertaking a programme of training for this role. To directly provide highly specialist psychological assessment and interventions to individuals and groups. Clinically supervise less experienced therapists.

To be responsible for ensuring clinical outcome data is routinely entered and appropriately collated, and also lead in service evaluation, outcome measurement, audit and research projects to benefit service users.

We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay. In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

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• Access to learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• NHS Pension
• Free parking
• Professional Registration Fees Re-imbursed

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.