Clinical Lead for Mental Health Primary Care

1 week ago


Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom NHS Full time

About the Role

The successful candidate will join our multi-disciplinary healthcare team delivering primary care and community services to our patient population. As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner or Emergency Care Practitioner, the post-holder will be expected to demonstrate advanced clinical competence and a knowledge base beyond those associated with conventional nursing roles.

The focus of the role is the provision of urgent/acute care, both on-site and possibly through visiting patients at home. You will work as an autonomous practitioner, providing high quality and timely patient-centred care to our patient population and be responsible for the delivery of evidence-based clinical care and nursing services, within your scope of practice.

You will adhere to professional standards, lead by example and maintain a positive, collaborative working relationship with our multidisciplinary healthcare team, as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing and implementation of clinical policy and procedure.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work in close collaboration with the Clinical Lead for the delivery of an effective service by defining and overseeing the development of service standards in-line with CQC, NMC/HCPC guidelines and our Policy.
  • Undertake home visits and liaise with patients, carers and colleagues to assess the safety of a patient's home environment, acting quickly to protect patients and staff from potential risk.
  • Ensure that appropriate, consistent and realistic information is provided to patients and families.
  • Be a clinical resource for the patient/carer especially.
  • Work within a multi-disciplinary team, to provide a coordinated, high quality and responsive service to patients.
  • Undertake consultations with patients as an autonomous practitioner, using own clinical judgment to diagnose, treat, refer and/or discharge patients.
  • Deliver timely, high quality, clinical care.
  • Triage, assess and diagnose patients.
  • Develop, implement and evaluate individual care management plans.
  • Prescribe and review medication in accordance with PGD and within own scope of practice.
  • Maintain complete and accurate clinical records in respect of all patient contacts.
  • Make direct referrals to primary, secondary and social services within locally agreed pathways, guidance and protocols.
  • Request pathology services as necessary, processing and interpreting results as required.
  • Provide supervision and mentoring to other staff in order to help them develop their knowledge, skills and abilities.
  • Provide clinical advice and guidance to Reception staff, as needed.
  • Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately.
  • Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately.
  • Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.
  • Recognise, assess and refer patients with community health needs, developing strategies for effective care pathways.
  • Compliance with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.
  • Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF.
  • Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies.
  • Adhere to NMC or HCPC Code of Professional Conduct and at all times practice within the scope of professional practice.
  • Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.
  • Support and participate in shared learning within the practice.
  • Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate.
  • Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e. root cause analysis (RCA).
  • Maintain professional registration and adhere to revalidation requirements.

About Us

We are a successful not-for-profit, GP-led organisation providing various NHS community and primary care clinical services to patients across Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. We have evolved as a NHS healthcare provider since 2004 and in the last few years have grown significantly, now employing around 300 staff with a turnover of circa £16m. We hold GMS contracts, as well as being a GP Federation representing circa 50 GP practices covering approximately 650,000 patients.

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and circumstances and people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.



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