Job summary
Employer heading
Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner
Band 7
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust, Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
- Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, Psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust supports 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, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
For more information about Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
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 Primary Care (ARRS). 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.
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:
- Furness
- South Lakes
- Grange
For more details please contact us on the details provided
Main duties of the job
The Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner role supports the delivery of primary care mental health services within a Lancashire and South Cumbria Primary Care Network (PCN). Line managed by Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, the practitioner will be fully embedded as part of the PCN MDT working supporting the delivery of mental health care, they will also part of the Community Mental Health MDT PCN practices.
The key elements of this role are:
- Working effectively as a member of the clinical team in General Practice and local CMHT MDT.
- Improving the management of mental health conditions in Primary Care through working closely with General Practitioners and the practice team.
- Focus will generally be on patients whose needs cannot be met by IAPT services but whose presentation is below the threshold for secondary care.
- Co-working with the clinical team to assess patients and provide advice, support and interventions to patients; referring on to secondary care-based services or third sector services integrated within the mental health pathway, where appropriate.
- Be able to provide a “full package” approach (within scope of competencies) and consistency of care to patients within primary care
Working for our organisation
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Professional with current registration with the relevant body (eg NMC, HCPC)
- Evidence of post registration continued professional development (e.g. knowledge and expertise acquired through either in depth experience or theoretical study of a broad range of techniques/processes relating to the knowledge area)
- Evidence of continuing personal learning and development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- In-depth understanding of risk assessment and risk management
- Experience of managing complex caseloads
- Experience of delivering evidence based mental health interventions
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working in various settings within the NHS with knowledge of primary care.
- Managing a caseload
- Demonstration of high quality patient care and documentation including experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cecily Shepherd
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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