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Job overview

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 Community Mental Health Practitioners to work within Primary Care Networks (PCN) and GP practices and secondary care (Ripon Integrated Community Team). 

The focus or partner agencies is on prevention and personalisation of care, whilst working together to make the best use of shared resources.

The successful post-holder will work in partnership with practice colleagues and the secondary care integrated community team in joining an ambitious locality network that is committed to developing a strong, caring, and compassionate multidisciplinary workforce.

As a valued team member, your role will involve offering specialist mental health advice for people with a range of mental health needs, ensuring that those with mental illness do not fall between gaps in services.

You will also contribute to safe and effective transitions in care between Adult Mental Health services. You will improve access, undertaking triage, assessments, brief interventions, and reviews within primary and secondary care. As this is a newly developed role aligned to transforming mental health services, you will have a key role working into the new community hubs as they develop. You will contribute to networking and navigation expertise, enabling access to a range of appropriate mental health support across the community system. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team. They will be professionally accountable and responsible for patient care, undertaking initial assessment with signposting to appropriate services, or providing time-limited psycho-social therapeutic interventions directly, in e.g. GP surgeries, patient’s homes and other care settings. This will include providing clinical advice to GPs such as specialist opinion.  

In line with the principles of community mental health transformation you will develop links and foster a culture of ‘partnership’ between Primary Care Teams Voluntary Care Sector and Mental Health Services.

If you are a qualified Occupational Therapist, Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker, with a determination for supporting local people with mental health problems and their families, and are looking for an exceptional opportunity to contribute to the development of an innovative and new way of working - then we look forward to hearing from you!  

You will be expected to be on the duty responder rota and work closely with all members of the MDT.

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

Working for our organisation

The most important way we will get there is by living the values all of the time:

• We are respectful
• We are compassionate
• We are responsible

We are committed to three big goals:

• To co-create a great experience for our patients, carers and families.
• To co-create a great experience for our colleagues
• To be a great partner

Your kindness and care for the people in our region makes such a big difference, to so many.

We’re here to nurture your talent, and give you all the support we possibly can.

We’re here to empower you, trust you, and make sure you feel it.

When we get the balance right, the mental health of our workforce, and our region, will be in a better place.

Ripon and Masham Primary Care Network comprises of 4 practices, North House, Ripon Spa, Dr Akester & Partners and Dr Ingram and Partners with 3 of these based in the small city of Ripon and 1 in the nearby market town of Masham. They support the mixed patient group across both the urban and rural settings and are a tightknit PCN with close working relationships between the practices including the shared pharmacy team, social prescribers, First contact physiotherapists and grown shared admin functions. 

We would welcome enthusiastic innovators who are willing to develop this role and make the service the very best it can be for local people. We want individuals able to work systemically across the local community system to support people holistically.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).  Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.

Please note that not everyone needs a ‘Skilled Worker’ visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.

We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply.  If you are in the UK already on a visa, please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.