Mental Health Practitioner
£27.5 - £32.4 per hourEstimated
Full-time
Job summary
As the Lead Mental Health Practitioner, you will support the development of the mental health offer one of the South West Primary Care Networks. This will combine face to face assessment, triage, signposting and time limited psycho-social interventions with wider aspects, such as, linking in with key stakeholders, supervising members of the team, supporting recruitment and developments to meet the need of the local population.
As part of the mental health team in the Primary Care Network (PCN) you will share, with us, the Trust's vision and purpose, we will, together, deliver outstanding treatment and care that improves lives.
You will form part of the mental health offer and will be part of a team, reporting to the Community Matron.
Main duties of the job
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
As the Lead Mental Health Practitioner, you will support the development of the mental health offer one of the South West Primary Care Networks. This will combine face to face assessment, triage, signposting and time limited psycho-social interventions with wider aspects, such as, linking in with key stakeholders, supervising members of the team, supporting recruitment and developments to meet the need of the local population.
As part of the mental health team in the Primary Care Network (PCN) you will share, with us, the Trust's vision and purpose, we will, together, deliver outstanding treatment and care that improves lives.
You will form part of the mental health offer and will be part of a team, reporting to the Community Matron.
Main duties of the job
- To assume a leadership role and responsibility within the Mental Health Primary Care Team (MHPCT).
- To provide support, education and guidance of common mental health needs, their management and/or treatment, to colleagues across the multidisciplinary team, so they develop their skills and confidence.
- To provide line management to clinical roles in the MHPCT
- To provide inductions, clinical supervision, appraisal, and reviews, to clinical and practice staff within the MHPCT.
- To provide specialist clinical advice, consultation, and support to other care providers within primary, secondary, voluntary, and statutory services as required.
- To provide training to students monitoring and evaluating learning outcomes, providing feedback and assessing competencies to facilitate learning in practice.
- Participate in the recruitment and selection of staff in the clinical team.
- Act as the lead in Mental Health Clinician strategic forums between the Trust and GP Federations.
- Lead practice development initiatives within the team.
- Plan own workload and that of the evolving practice-based mental health team, managing competing demands to ensure care is delivered according to clinical priority and complies with defined indicators.
- Set quality standards for clinical work, monitor, and evaluate them. Report on the outcomes and propose actions plans to address any areas of concern, facilitating implementation and evaluation of agreed action plans.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current professional registration NMC/SWE/HCPC.
- Ability to evidence Continuing Professional Development since registration.
- Leadership or management qualification
- Clinical Supervisor.
- Recognised sign-off mentor (or equivalent) for students or must be achieved within agreed timescale.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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