Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health - Community
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-BAY644-EB-A
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kirkstone House
- Town
- Kendal
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
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Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner
Band 6
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 and 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 and South Cumbria NHS 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 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 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
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, Social Work England)
- Evidence of continuing personal learning and development
- 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)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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
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
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07940471021
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