Mental Health Practitioner

1 month ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our team at North Westminster CMHH. As a Band 6 Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner, you will be responsible for assessing patients with mental health difficulties, formulating their needs, and developing creative care plans to meet their requirements.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing assessment and treatment to adult patients. Your role will involve liaison with agencies involved in their care, including GPs, Talking Therapies, and other local organizations.

Main Responsibilities
  • To receive referrals from GPs and undertake comprehensive psycho-social mental health assessments to establish care needs.
  • To 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.
  • To screen non-urgent GP Adult mental health referrals, identifying patients who are suitable for management in primary care according to agreed thresholds.
  • To facilitate onward referral and rapid access to mental health services and other agencies in line with agreed thresholds and shared protocols.
  • To ensure early detection and fast tracking of clients with severe mental health problems.
  • To support the safe discharge case management of patients discharged from secondary care.
  • To refer-on patients assessed as having common mental health problems to the primary care psychological therapy pathway.
  • To regularly meet with GPs and practice nurses in aligned practices with the Primary Care Network.
  • To facilitate the onward transfer of suitable clients from secondary care to primary care.
  • To develop and maintain a high standard of mental health professional care using a liaison model of nursing.
  • To understand the social factors which are relevant to mental health problems and to be aware of and respectful of the cultures, customs, values and spiritual/religious practices of all clients.
  • To receive regular appropriate supervision, as agreed with the Mental Health Hub Manager.
  • To 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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