Mental Health Practitioner

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Grantham Placed Based team which is part off Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s Adult Community mental health services. The Placed Based Team work closely with the Community mental health team and Neighbourhood Team as part of the local transformation.

The role provides interventions in a wide variety of clinical, therapeutic and social forms with the aim of promoting health, wellbeing, self-autonomy and independence. The Placed Based Teams are part of the developing transformation service. The post holders will be required to work effectively as part of the multidisciplinary team in the delivery of high-quality mental health care planning and risk management. This work will involve patients and their carers in the delivery of evidence-based interventions/treatments, recovery focused work. The post holder will have a breadth of knowledge providing holistic and person-centred care and support within the community setting.

If you work well within a team and are highly motivated to provide excellent care, then we would encourage you to apply. This is an opportunity for you to work across primary ,secondary care and the voluntary sector to improve the lives of people who access healthcare services.

To work within the context of local and national drivers, providing specialist clinical care following assessment of needs and working with the individual on achieving there specific goals at this time. You will support the patient's journey across the health, social care and voluntary sector. To maintain comprehensive clinical communication with neighbourhood colleagues and general practices as well as supporting identified carers and families.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Intervention and management of a case load of patients, working as a specialist practitioner working to pro-actively monitor and anticipate changing phase of illness and health and social care needs of patients with serious mental illness.

To ensure delivery of a person centred approach, “What matters to me” to all patients that enables individuals to achieve their optimum physical, psychological and social wellbeing. Being an advocate for the patient in ensuring they receive appropriate timely care.

Act as a specialist practitioner, working with a caseload of people referred to them in a manner which demonstrates a specialist knowledge base and specialist clinical skills and competencies.

Improve clinical outcomes for patients by enabling them to function independently by increasing their choice to remain in their own home / community and reduce the need for, or prevent inappropriate hospital admission

Triage, initial assessment, management and prioritisation of a caseload of patients according to their health status, who are referred by various agencies including GP, hospital, case managers, social care, and independent sector promoting self-care, self-management and independent living.

Contribute to the work carried out by Neighbourhood colleagues from a MH perspective.

Provide coordination and oversight supporting the management of people with low level mental health issues (Primary Care Therapy Colleagues/community assets support)

Establishing effective working relationships with patients, their families and carers including education and promoting individual rights, recognising and respecting their contributions to care planning, placing patient in the centre of their care. Referral on to the appropriate support, ie medical, mental health, physical health, third sector, well-being or social prescribing.

Develop individual evidence based holistic care plans and self-management plans with the patient, carers, relatives, health and social care professionals. Recognising the differing phase of illness and planning for deterioration.

To support GP’s by providing advice, direct input and where necessary primary