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How many Community Mental Health Practitioner jobs are available on Pertemps?

There are 22 Community Mental Health Practitioner jobs available on Pertemps right now.

What does a Community Mental Health Practitioner do?

Mental health nurse practitioners are trained specialist nurses who work with individuals, families, groups, and communities. They assess mental health needs and develop a nursing diagnosis and plan of care. They undertake additional medical education in order to provide advanced nursing care, assess and diagnose patients, prescribe medication and refer patients to hospital doctors if required.

Tasks required include:

• Assists medical doctors and works with other healthcare professionals to deal with emergencies and pre-planned treatment of patients.
• Interviews and diagnoses patients, orders tests and interprets results and determines appropriate treatments.
• Manages own case load.
• Monitors patient’s progress, administers drugs and medicines, applies surgical dressings and gives other forms of treatment.
• Plans duty rotas and organises and directs the work and training of ward and theatre nursing staff.
• Plans, manages, provides and evaluates nursing care services for patients, supervises the implementation of nursing care plans.

What are the entry requirements for a Community Mental Health Practitioner?

Qualification as a nurse is via a diploma or degree course, both of which are provided by universities, or through an apprenticeship. Courses comprise both theoretical and practical work, including placements in hospital and community settings. To become an advanced nurse practitioner significant experience and qualification to a postgraduate level is usually required.