Mental Health Practitioner

4 months ago

Evesham, United Kingdom SW Healthcare Full time

Job Summary

As a Mental Health Practitioner, you'll work across Primary Care, Wellbeing Teams, and Mental Health Services, providing advice, assessment, treatment, education, and problem-solving approaches to patients. You'll manage a caseload, focusing on continuous assessment and treatment of individuals with mental health difficulties. The role involves recovery coordination, care management, and liaison with various organizations.

**Main duties of the job** / **Core Responsibilities**:

- Provide safe and effective day-to-day operation of the service, including clinical enquiries and telephone triage screening assessments.
- Undertake assessments, establish risk, and determine appropriate courses of action in partnership with service users.
- Support adherence to prescribed treatments, monitor mental health medication, and provide short-term interventions.
- Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, provide education on mental health problems, and facilitate access to local resources.
- Maintain accurate clinical data, evaluate outcomes, and engage in research studies.
- Foster partnerships between Primary Care Teams and Mental Health Services, attending PCN meetings and joint governance forums.
- **About us**_

Vertis (formerly SW Healthcare), the largest GP federation in Worcestershire, is partnering with six Primary Care Networks in the county to ensure a resilient and well-supported primary care service. We prioritise exceptional patient care and accessibility to treatment. Join us in this rewarding role as a Mental Health Practitioner.

At Vertis, we believe in empowering General Practitioners to focus on patient care while ensuring patients have access to treatment whenever needed. Our social enterprise philosophy supports practices to remain independent while benefiting from the resources of a large organisation.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

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**Professional Requirements**:

- Registered Mental Health Nurse with a commitment to continuing professional development.
- Experience in mental health settings, providing brief, effective treatment and effective triage/care plan management.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, community care, stepped-care approaches, and confidentiality practices.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and conflict management skills.
- Self-directed, motivated, flexible, and able to work collaboratively.
- Capacity to manage change, innovate, and function under pressure.

To better understand the role and the requirements please read the full Job Description available at the NHS Jobs Website.

If you're passionate about providing high-quality mental health care in a primary care setting and meet the above requirements, we encourage you to apply.

**How to Apply**:
**Person Specification**

**Experience**
- Essential_
- Experience of working with adults in a Mental Health setting.
- Evidence of providing brief, effective treatment to adults.
- Evidence of effective triage/care plan and management.
- The desire to work in a primary care setting.
- Desirable_
- Work with voluntary agencies.

**Specialised Knowledge**
- Essential_
- Knowledge and practice of the Mental Health Act 1983 and other relevant legislation.
- Knowledge of the NHS FYFV, NSF, and other relevant documentation.
- Knowledge of community care.
- Awareness of stepped-care approaches.
- Understanding common mental health problems and their management in primary care.
- Understanding of management of risk in primary care.
- Care programme approach.
- Desirable_
- Training in SFT.
- Training in Systematic Approaches.
- IT skills.

**Qualifications**
- Essential_
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
- Desirable_
- ACP with prescribing for depression, anxiety etc, ability to do interim reviews, CBT sessions, and QoF.
- Teaching and assessing qualification.
- Qualification in therapeutic interventions.
- Independent Prescriber.

**Other Qualities**
- Essential_
- Self-directed practitioner.
- Highly motivated.
- Flexibility and capacity to manage/ embrace change.
- Able to work collaboratively with colleagues.
- Interested in self-help materials.
- Innovative & enthusiastic.
- Can function under pressure.
- Committed to continued professional development.
- Ability and willingness to transport oneself around the community.
- Desirable_
- Availability for flexible working e.g. evenings.
- Experience in working with diversity.
- Car driver with access to a vehicle.

**Skills**
- Essential_
- Clinical skills.
- Excellent communication skills, written & verbal.
- Negotiation & conflict management.
- IT skills.
- Able to plan and prioritise workload.
- Desirable_
- Provide mentorship & teaching in a clinical setting.
- Group skills.

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**UK Registration**

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