Pcn Mental Health Practitioner

If you’re a Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, or registered professional working within Mental Health and want to workwith andacross a variety of GP surgeries on the beautiful North Norfolk Coast - this could be the ideal role for you

Our Coastal service covers the area including Hunstanton, Brancaster, Marham, Swaffham and all of the beautiful villages in between.

As PCN Mental Health Practitioner, you’ll play an incredibly important role in transforming community mental health services. We’re working collaboratively with the Integrated Care System to offer ‘Place Based Care’ - ensuring communities receive fast and effective treatment, in the familiar surroundings of their GP surgery.

You’ll work alongside our lead, Krisa, providing support, treatment, advice, education and problem-solving approaches to members of our community experiencing challenges with their mental health. You’ll be providing a dedicated service that makes sure needs are met in a seamless environment.

**Here’s what Krisa has to say about her role**:
“I was attracted to working in the Primary Care network after hearing about the transformation work that is happening across the local healthcare system. Since joining the team I have found working with service users alongside their GP’s to be an extremely rewarding venture and offers a new perspective for my skills as a mental health professional. I have found being able to help influence the decision making for service users and providing interventions at an earlier point in their care pathway an exciting opportunity. The challenges of building relationships within a new team in a different arena has been invaluable in terms of my development which ultimately benefits those in receipt of the care I’m providing.”

Although this is a full-time opportunity, we’re flexible and are happy to discuss different working patterns, provided these are within the GP practice working hours.

If you want to play your part in making a positive impact in your local community, transforming the way we care and developing this exciting service - we would love to hear from you.

Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are groups of GP practices who work together in a local geographical area - in this case, our Coastal region which covers a beautiful, diverse area. You will collaboratively engage with the GP practices in your area and will be an extension of their team.

As a Mental Health PCN practitioner, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operational and clinical issues. You’ll work at a quick pace, autonomously managing your own clinics and will provide an intervention led approach, acting as an incredibly important first point of contact for people who need care and support the most.

You’ll work at a quick pace, autonomously managing your own clinics and provide an intervention led approach, acting as an incredibly important first point of contact for people who need care and support the most.

Working for your organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us?We are an improving Trust, with ambitious aspirations and pushing ahead with exciting transformation work. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops, and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

The role of PCN Mental Health Practitioner has already proven itself and has shown to reduce referrals into secondary care - we’re developing and growing the team so need dedicated practitioners to join us, who want to be part of the changes and play a key role.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY