Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days)
- Job ref
- 333-J-WE-0671
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queens park and Paddington Mental health hub
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 pa inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Primary Care Mental Health Triage Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
The triage team in Westminster Queens park and Paddington Hub is looking for a Primary Care Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist
We are looking for a motivated experienced B6 Primary Care Practitioner to join our vibrant, friendly team. This is a complex and exciting role and we welcome your application.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Main duties of the job
This role involves assessment of patients presenting with mental health difficulties, a formulation of their needs and creative care planning to meet them working within a bio-psycho-social model. The role also requires liaison with agencies involved in their care, including GPs, Talking Therapies and other local organisations.
The post holder will be based at the Queens park and Paddington Westminster office of the service and will work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing assessment and treatment to adult patients.
Working for our organisation
As part of a national move to primary care networks, community services in Westminster have been transformed to mental health ‘Hubs’. Set in inner London (North Westminster) the Hub is a health and social care-integrated community mental health team.
The working environment is very supportive, with an established team culture of shared responsibility for caseload management, appreciation of and respect for the core skills and contribution of all disciplines.
The Hub provides integrated care to adults presenting with a broad range of mental health issues, drawn from a culturally and socio-economically diverse population.
The model of care is designed on a concept of movement and journey through services, promoting fluidity between primary care and secondary care and with local third sector and voluntary organisations that will support people in their journey to Recovery.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To receive referrals from GPs and undertake comprehensive psycho-social mental health assessments to establish care needs.
- To act as a contact point and provide a link/liaison role to GP practices with regard to patients with more complex mental health problems and/or co-morbidities
- To screen non urgent GP Adult mental health referrals, identifying patients who are suitable for management in primary care according to agreed thresholds and with any adjustments to reflect MH resource available at individual practices
- To facilitate onward referral and rapid access to mental health services and other agencies in line with agreed thresholds and shared protocols and criteria, and/or to provide support/advise referring GP on effective management
- To ensure early detection and fast tracking of clients with severe mental health problems.
- To provide appropriate short-term interventions for clients with more complex and severe, enduring mental illnesses (SMI).
- To support the safe discharge case management of patients discharged from secondary care, with a focus on enabling GP practices to provide effective, continuing care and to ensure access to support in terms wider social and social inclusion/self-management needs.
- To refer-on patients assessed as having common mental health problems to the primary care psychological therapy pathway or to external resources
- To regularly meet with GPs and practice nurses in aligned practices with the Primary Care Network.
- To facilitate, where necessary, the onward transfer of suitable clients from secondary care to primary care.
- To develop and maintain a high standard of mental health professional care using a liaison model of nursing with a problem solving and evaluation approach.
- To utilise a range of therapeutic techniques.
- To understand the social factors which are relevant to mental health problems and to be aware of and respectful of the cultures, customs, values and spiritual/religious practices and beliefs of all clients, particularly those from minority ethnic communities.
- To receive regular appropriate supervision, as agreed with the Mental Health Hub Manager.
- To support the work of the Hub depot clinic if required as part of a rota.
Person specification
Education & Qualification
Essential criteria
- Current Professional Qualification in either mental health nursing, social work or occupational therapy.
- Registration must be live with professional body.
- Evidence of post registration training and CPD
Desirable criteria
- Training in Psychosocial Interventions or Thorn Family Therapy/Work training; Other relevant training, e.g. substance misuse.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post-registration experience. If less, then please make a convincing argument in personal statement'
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary mental health team with clients with acute/severe and enduring mental health problems
Desirable criteria
- Work with clients with acute/severe and enduring mental health problems who are homeless/rootless
- Work with people experiencing mental health crisis.
- Supervision of students and junior staff.
- Audit and research; Teaching; Working with people who use substances
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including report writing and presentations / IT skills.
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive care package for the identified client group, using a wide range of resources.
- Able to develop a comprehensive programme of intervention and support for the identified client group and their families
- Skills in risk assessment and management.
- Can demonstrate understanding of psychosis and its impact on service users and carers.
- Knowledge of current legislation and guidance applicable to this client group.
- Can demonstrate understanding of the needs of diverse groups, e.g. residents of inner city; black and minority ethnic groups, and skills in engaging with them.
- Skills in psychosocial interventions.
- Able to build constructive relationships with clients and carers using warmth and empathy, using good communication skills.
Desirable criteria
- Skills in leadership: ability to motivate others, use initiative and manage change.
- Basic counselling and group work skills.
Other
Essential criteria
- The post-holder must have the ability to understand and implement the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Aiashia Mehrban
- Job title
- Triage and primary care liaison lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02072669700
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Argo House 180 Kilburn Park Road
London
NW6 5FA
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