Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

3 weeks ago


Kendal, United Kingdom Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

As part of our services across Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS), we are excited to be able to implement Mental Health Practitioner roles across the Primary Care Networks to support GPs with 'on the day' Mental Health assessment and support for patients.

These are new roles designated under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme for Senior Primary care Mental Health Practitioner. The roles will provide an opportunity for better joint working across primary care and adult secondary care mental health systems and will make it easier for patients to obtain the help they need.

If you require further information please contact us on the details provided

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting role for someone who is proactive and passionate about innovation and providing a high-quality holistic approach to the care of people who have been identified as in need of mental health support in a primary care setting.

We are really excited to be developing our integrated community services and look forward to welcoming you to a hardworking and dedicated teams.

We have roles within all our integrated care partnerships (ICP) in the following areas:

South Lakes

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Mental Health Professional with current registration with the relevant body (eg NMC, HCPC, Social Work England) Evidence of continuing personal learning and development Evidence of post-registration continued professional development ( knowledge and expertise acquired through either in-depth experience or theoretical study of a broad range of techniques/processes relating to the knowledge area)

Knowledge

Essential

In-depth understanding of risk assessment and risk management Experience of managing mental health caseloads Experience of delivering evidence-based mental health interventions

Experience

Essential

1 year post-registration community-based experience including completion of relevant preceptorship and post preceptorship experience (where from a nursing background) to demonstrate experience Working in various statutory settings with knowledge of primary care. Demonstration of high quality patient care and documentation including experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs

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