Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

3 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Job Title: Band 6 Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Band 6 Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner to join our team at the North Westminster CMHH. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for providing high-quality mental health services to adults in primary care settings.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Conduct comprehensive psycho-social mental health assessments to establish care needs.
  • Act as a contact point and provide a link/liaison role to GP practices with regard to patients with more complex mental health problems and/or co-morbidities.
  • Screen non-urgent GP Adult mental health referrals, identifying patients who are suitable for management in primary care according to agreed thresholds.
  • Facilitate onward referral and rapid access to mental health services and other agencies in line with agreed thresholds and shared protocols.
  • Ensure early detection and fast tracking of clients with severe mental health problems.
  • Support the safe discharge case management of patients discharged from secondary care.
  • Refer-on patients assessed as having common mental health problems to the primary care psychological therapy pathway.
  • Regularly meet with GPs and practice nurses in aligned practices with the Primary Care Network.
  • Facilitate the onward transfer of suitable clients from secondary care to primary care.
  • Develop and maintain a high standard of mental health professional care using a liaison model of nursing.
  • Understand the social factors which are relevant to mental health problems and be aware of and respectful of the cultures, customs, values and spiritual/religious practices of all clients.
  • Receive regular appropriate supervision, as agreed with the Mental Health Hub Manager.
  • Support the work of the Hub depot clinic if required as part of a rota.
Requirements:
  • Current Professional Qualification in either mental health nursing or occupational therapy.
  • Evidence of post registration training and CPD.
  • Training in Psychosocial Interventions or Thorn Family Therapy/Work training; Other relevant training, e.g. substance misuse.
  • Experience of working in multidisciplinary mental health team with clients with acute/severe and enduring mental health problems.
  • Work with clients with acute/severe and enduring mental health problems who are homeless/rootless.
  • Work with people experiencing mental health crisis.
  • Supervision of students and junior staff.
Skills and Knowledge:
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including report writing and presentations / IT skills.
  • Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive care package for the identified client group.
  • Skills in risk assessment and management.
  • Basic counselling and group work skills.
Equal Opportunities:

The post-holder must have the ability to understand and implement the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.



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