Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

2 months ago


Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our Primary Care Mental Health Services team at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assess and manage the mental health needs of individuals within a primary care setting, taking responsibility for a clinical caseload.
  • Deliver brief, short-term, and low-intensity psychological interventions, based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Solution Focused approaches, to individuals with common mental health disorders.
  • Provide information, CCBT, and self-help resources to individuals with common mental health disorders, and assist in the running of psycho-educational groups.
  • Mental Health promotion, involving the development of effective relationships between primary care and local communities, and other services in the voluntary and statutory sector.
  • Provide support and advice to General Practitioners and other primary care providers.
Requirements
  • Registered Nurse (Mental Health), or Social Worker, Occupational Therapist.
  • Evidence of post-registration continuing professional development activity.
  • Relevant degree-level qualification.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
  • Relevant degree-level qualification.
  • Experience in a range of clinical settings.
  • Teaching experience.
Key Skills and Knowledge
  • Organisational ability and time management skills.
  • Clinical assessment and formulation skills.
  • Teaching and presentation skills.
  • Ability to facilitate patient groups.
  • Postgraduate training or CBT/counselling skills.
  • Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and awareness of current evidence base relevant to the area of practice.
  • Knowledge and experience of delivering of psycho-educational interventions.
  • An understanding of resource implications of clinical decision making.
About Us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary, and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

  • We listen, learn, and improve.
  • We treat everyone with respect.
  • We all work together as one team.

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.



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