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ON THE JOB : MENTAL HEALTH NURSE
WARRANT OFFICER
PARKIN
I currently work within a team of 25 at the Department of Community Mental Health ( DCMH ), RAF Brize Norton , Oxfordshire . I work in a tri-Service role , providing treatment and liaising with Commanders from the Royal Navy , Army and RAF , and predominantly provide care for Service personnel with environmental , social and
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occupational mental health problems . Over the course of my career I ’ ve been assigned to several DCMH ’ s . I have completed a 3-year tour of duty in British Forces Cyprus and worked as the Psychiatric Aeromedical Evacuation Liaison Officer ; co-ordinating and undertaking transfer from worldwide locations .
I have completed numerous Aeromedical Evacuations , transferring patients from worldwide locations , and this is undoubtedly one of
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the most challenging and rewarding aspects of my role . I have also served on operations , working as a member of a Forward Mental Health Team in Afghanistan , and we currently support the Joint Hospital Group on Contingency Operations .
As a mental health nurse in the RAF , I ’ ve been afforded some amazing professional and Service opportunities . Professional development is pro-actively encouraged so that you as a clinician can
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deliver High Intensity NICEbased interventions , such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy , Cognitive Analytical Therapy , Cognitive Processing Therapy , Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy .
Those unique challenges and learning experiences gained over the course of my career has allowed me to have a rewarding career that I wouldn ’ t have been afforded by working in the NHS .
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