Mental Health Practitioner FPCC

1 week ago

Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are holding an online recruitment information event on November 28th 12-1pm to register interest please complete this form

Are you someone who thrives in a fast paced environment? Do you have a passion for being the first point of contact for those in need of mental health support when they need us the most? Can you provide a voice of reassurance and support? If so, we are looking for individuals like you to make a real difference

For our Mental Health Practitioners, we're seeking applications from professionals with a mental health nursing, social work, LD or OT background.

Our First Point of Contact Centre (FPCC) is a priority one urgent response telephone service and is an integral part of our mental health services. We are continuing to evolve and build our team and the support we offer as part of the development of the National Mental Health 111 response model. Which involves 24/7 working, including night shifts.

Forget caseloads and case management. Your skills and expertise will be in triaging patients at the point of contact and identifying what service will best meet their needs. The spectrum of mental health needs varies significantly; you will have the ability to offer advice, guidance and support for mental health issues, with a routine, urgent or crisis response, and ways this can be managed and improved. Equally, you'll have the ability respond to urgent referrals with more acute needs and higher risks in the community.

Main duties of the job

Handling a wide range of calls and thriving amid the challenges this presents, requires an outstanding amount of resilience and emotional strength as you will be supporting unwell and upset patients at their time of need. Your support will make a difference to lives and requires people who can be there for those that need it, sometimes in the face of adversity and trauma.

You'll be part of the team that provides the first stage in the Trust's care navigation system receiving requests using contact methods, including letters, e-mail and telephone.

We provide a central resource for referrers and Trust staff to ensure the effective receipt and subsequent processing of referrals into our services. We further provide effective signposting to services external to the Trust.

We provide an effective first point of contact, a link with primary and secondary services, partner agencies and organisations outside of the trust.

The service focus is to ensure callers or requests are directed to the appropriate person/resource in the Trust. The intention will be to leave the person making the request, feeling valued and satisfied with the outcome. Where an immediate response for advice/specialist opinion is not available staff will work to an agreed response time.

You will have support from Senior Health Practitioners and the Operational Manager to help your development and you'll be able to share your knowledge and experience with our Call Handlers.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views ( It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; would recommend the organisation as a place to work; agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority; would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be part of the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust First Point of Contact Centre (FPCC) and will manage and triage mental health referrals coming in to into the Trust. The service is a professional referral service accepting telephone, letter, or e-mail referrals from patients, carers, GPs, Health Care Professionals within mental health working, police, ambulance staff, and some external agencies this list is not exhaustive. The practitioners within the team are responsible for initial screening, triaging and the allocation of referrals to the appropriate service within the Trust or signposting to a relevant external service. The post holder will be responsible for triaging referrals, routine and urgent made to the Trust and directing them to the most appropriate service. The post holder will be involved in the triaging of crisis referrals under supervision of senior colleagues.

Full qualifications, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Were currently recruiting for a variety of shift patterns including:

Day Shifts -

7am to 8pm 9am 10pm 7am 3pm 2pm 10pm

Night shifts -

21:30hrs 07:30hrs

Flexible working options can be considered.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registration to a professional body, with post qualification experience in mental health for example: Nursing/ Social worker/ OT Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

Evidence of formal post registration learning

Length and Nature of Experience

Essential

Broad understanding of national policy and its implementation locally Good understanding of NICE guidelines relating to the treatment of a range of mental health conditions Broad understanding of the requirements of primary care and secondary care A good understanding of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and other associated legislation

Desirable

Experience of collaborative working with other agencies including the voluntary sector.

Professional, Managerial, Specialist Knowledge

Essential

Sound clinical ability to engage service users and carers A good understanding of the range of Services offered within GHC NHS Foundation Trust

Desirable

A good understanding of other community facilities that may be of help to people with a mental health problem. Experience of using psychological treatments CBT

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