Primary Care Mental Health Specialist Practitioner

6 days ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated mental health professional to join our team as a Primary Care Mental Health Specialist Practitioner. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the ongoing development of our primary care mental health team within Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide access to triage, specialist mental health assessment, risk assessment, and brief intervention to prevent deterioration in mental health requiring a referral to secondary mental health services.
  • Provide access to triage, assessment, and decision support for primary care colleagues and community mental health teams to ensure that service users with complex mental health needs access the correct pathway and intervention to meet their needs.
  • Liaise with general practice, the community mental health team, psychology, and third sector colleagues to ensure the appropriate service is available to the individual.
  • Work autonomously and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team, with robust support and supervision.
  • Provide leadership and supervision to colleagues.
  • Develop and maintain effective communication systems and participate in managerial and clinical meetings.
  • Engage service users and carers in all aspects of care delivery and evaluation.
  • Support the development of networks with staff working in other agencies that provide services to service users with complex mental health needs.
  • Report directly to the Band 7 Senior Primary Care Mental Health Liaison Practitioner and be accountable to the Locality Manager.
  • Provide supervision, support, and training to colleagues.
Requirements
  • Relevant core professional qualification and registration (e.g., RMN, RN (Mental Health), OT, Social Worker).
  • Ability to organize and prioritize own workload under pressure.
  • Ability to undertake holistic mental health and risk assessment with service users with mental health needs, formulate effective care plans, relapse prevention interventions, and safety plans.
  • Extensive experience of working in partnership with service users, carers, and other agencies.
  • Extensive experience in undertaking specialist mental health and risk assessment, with the ability to demonstrate and share these skills with other team members.
  • Highly skilled in all aspects of clinical communication, including the maintenance of accurate records.
  • Ability to demonstrate and apply a highly skilled level of clinical and professional supervision.
About Us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialized services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research, and development.

We offer a range of benefits, including employee wellbeing support, annual leave, flexible working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support, and opportunities for career development and training, and exclusive discounts and payment schemes.

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