Following the successful implementation of specialist mental health practitioners in GP practices across Gloucestershire, we are looking to recruit a further Band 7 Mental health Practitioners.

This is an exciting opportunity to improve the experience for individuals with mental health needs through offering early assessment and access to treatment and support to promote mental health and well-being within primary care.

The ARRS Practitioner will be an integrated member of the GP practice team and will take the lead in ensuring best practice is delivered across the GP practice.

The role requires working autonomously in providing high volume assessment, diagnosis, and treatment appointments, advice and support for GPs in caring for other patients with mental health issues, improve links with to community providers and will also support the practice with providing annual reviews for patients on the practices' MH Registers.

The MH Practitioner will work within a number of GP practices within Severn Health Primary Care Network.

The primary focus of the role is to work as an advanced, autonomous practitioner providing patient-centred clinical care, encompassing the skills of assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients.

To provide specialist advice, supervision and support to practice colleagues in relation to patients with mental health issues.

In particular to help identify (through Risk Stratification) those patients potentially at risk of relapse to support their continued wellbeing and to reduce their impact on the Health and Wellbeing service as a whole.

The post holder will be expected to and not excluding the following:

• To work within a MDT primary care team to provide a service for adults 18+ with varying levels of MH needs, including SMI and Complex Emotional Needs that may co-exist with physical health problems within the registered patient population and support the annual review of those on MH register.
• To exercise a high degree of professional autonomy and make critical judgments.
• To act as a practice leader, managing your own workload and to work across professional, organisational and system boundaries to improve services and develop practice.
• To navigate around and refer onto mental health services, voluntary and public sector agencies and community support groups.
• NMP is desirable or an expectation that you will undertake the course to gain this qualification once in post.

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it.

This is the same approach we take for our employees.

We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards.

The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Closing date: 26th January 2023

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