Job summary
- Main area
- Mental health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: A Band 5-6 developmental role will be considered for this post. Part time applicants are welcome to apply.
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 354-AC-21011
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chapel Street Clinic
- Town
- Chichester
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 PA / pro rata for part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Primary Care Mental Health Liaison Practitioner - Incentive Applies
NHS AfC: Band 6
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
The Chichester Assessment & Treatment Service is a community mental health team which supports people living with a severe and enduring mental illness. The MHLP team is part of the Chichester Assessment and Treatment Service and work as liaison between the ATS and GP Surgeries. The post holder will work within GP surgeries and will be the liaison and link between primary care and secondary care services.
We are looking for an experienced Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner (Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist and Social Worker) to work within GP Surgeries to provide 6-8 sessions of CBT informed or psycho educational intervention to people with moderate mental health problems. The successful applicant will also be responsible for completing initial assessments and liaising with GP's, IAPT services, local agencies and signposting to third sector services.
A band 5 - 6 Developmental post and Part Time Applicants will be considered
This post offers the Trust's £8,000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses & Practitioners as well as a relocation package up to a maximum of £8,000 (subject to terms and conditions).
Main duties of the job
Working as an MHLP includes:
- Working autonomously to a defined caseload of clients diagnosed with mild to moderate mental health problems. This will include offering specific interventions such as psycho-education, CBT informed sessions and short term recovery focused interventions
- You will complete initial assessments and work closely with our referrals coordinators, GP's and other agencies.
- Your interventions will be a pre-defined offer of 6-8 sessions.
- You are welcome to co-facilitate groups if you have an interest in this area.
Working for our organisation
What you will receive from us:
- We are a friendly and supportive team that meets regularly to ensure you feel safe and supported.
- We offer several MDT meetings per week to ensure support is available for complex case discussions.
- You will receive regular managerial supervision and be offered the opportunity to supervise junior staff.
- You will also have access to regular clinical supervision and support from our Community Leads
- We actively encourage people to think about their development and career goals, and will support you to complete further training.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work as part of the secondary care mental health service, acting as a link clinician to primary care teams. Clinical work will be carried out within primary care settings.
To work with GPs and primary care teams, specifically colleagues in IAPT (Time to talk), providing support, advice, consultation and shared care for adults, regardless of age and diagnosis, presenting with a functional mental illness, to enable safe management of clients within primary care.
To work in partnership with GPs and other primary care colleagues around individual patients and to work jointly with them to develop care plans for the client.
To assess individuals with complex presentations, prior to referral to secondary care and if required, directing them into the appropriate specialist service within secondary care ensuring they are not passed
between services.
To maintain a close working relationship with local secondary care teams, keeping them informed of developments within primary care.
To build up professional relationships within Primary Care to allow effective development of care pathways within localities.
To work closely with secondary care colleagues, using their expertise where necessary, to ensure an appropriate response, particularly, but not exclusively from medical colleagues.
To ensure and keep updated a comprehensive knowledge of local resources and services available and how to access these and provide this information to practices and specialist teams as requested.
To provide comprehensive and accurate information on the role of the Primary Care Mental Health Liaison Practitioner, local resources and services to GPs, primary care teams, secondary care teams,
service users and third sector agencies.
To work to early intervention principles and provide assessments for service users with more complex presentations identified in consultation with GPs.
To organise, provide and coordinate formal and informal training to GPs and primary care teams on topics relating to mental health as agreed with GPs and PBCs, in order to further enhance the skills of the staff in the diagnosis and management of mental health disorders.
Person specification
ESSENTIAL
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health qualification or equivalent
- Up to date Registration
- Post Basic Courses / relevant Study Days
- Evidence of CPD
Experience
Essential criteria
- post-qualifying experience of clinical work with people with a range of mental health problems
- Experience of partnership working within and across various different statutory and non- statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of successfully managing a caseload and prioritising clinical work
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people with a variety of mental health problems.
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experienced in conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments.
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
- Marylinda Gororo
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 0400
- Additional information
For further details / informal visits contact: We would welcome visits and conversations about the post. Please contact Marylinda Gororo Service Manager on 0300 304 0400 or email me on [email protected]
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