Band 6 PCN Mental Health Practitioner

Are you an experienced Mental Health Practitioner looking to work autonomously, in a forward thinking, fast-paced environment?

Whether you are a Registered Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker; this is the ideal challenge for someone who is looking to make a differencein Great Yarmouth and the Northern villages.

TheGreat Yarmouth Primary CareNetworkis made up of thefollowing GeneralPractices;Lighthouse medical centre, Park Surgery, Newtown Surgery,and the Coastal Villages surgeries.

You'llbe working alongside an experienced lead mental health practitioner.We'rea collaborative team and work closely with all those who are based at the practices.There will be a period of induction and orientation shadowing other PCN MHP and there are regular opportunities to access relevant training.

Our Primary Care Network (PCN) Service for Mental Health has been developed to provide access to mental health services in Primary Care as part of an integrated health and care system, which brings care closer to home for our population.

TheGreat Yarmouth Primary CareNetworkare passionate about developing their mental health provision;they'reproactive and enthusiastic and need a forward-thinking, driven mental health practitioner to help them achieve their aspirations.

If you are excellent at building relationships, a great communicator and feel confident making your

Main duties of the job

As a PCN MH practitioner, you will work across the interface between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health Services undertaking the planning and delivery of direct patient care.

The ideal candidate will have an interest and experience in a mental health setting;you'llhave good organisational skills as you willneed to manage your own workload, as well as offering support and advice to other health care professionals. You will be an autonomous practitioner, making clinical judgements,identifyingalternative courses ofactionand providing high-quality care.

We'recommitted to training, continuous professional development and ensuring all members of the team can access resources to help them to develop and progress. When you join us, you can expect to be supported from the start;you'llspend time with our community teams learning about thedifferent rolesthey have, as well as shadowing other members of the PCN.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, we are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or the Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent caffees, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job responsibilities

Quote from a member of staff

I enjoy working closely with GP colleagues tofacilitateappropriate carefor patients and provide a link between the GP surgery and secondary mental health services, knowing that these fields have occasionally felt like very separate and distinct parts of healthcare I am passionate about this new way of supporting patients at the front door, reducing waiting times for people in distress and easing pressure on mental health teams andservices.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview date is expected to be Friday 30th January but may be subject to change. Once shortlisting has been completed you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Person Specification Answers

• Degree level education
• Practice Educator course or willing to undertake.

Essential and Desirable

• Mental Health Nursing degree/Social Work degree/ Occupational Therapy degree
• Has worked in mental health for 2 years
• Can help patient to safety plan and able to plan patient's care
• Experience of working without direct supervision
• Experience of managing risk in a fast paced environment
• Evidence of good listening skills and professional curiosity
• Evidence of sound record keeping in a timely manner
• Evidence of being a team player
• Has undertaken Practice Educator course or willing to do so.
• Has additional therapeutic qualifications - CAT, CBT, DBT etc
• Has an NMP qualification
• Has recent experience of working in a CRHT/ MHLT/ Ward environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Great Yarmouth and Northern villages PCN

Depending on experienceDependant on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Flexible working,Compressed hours

Reference number

246-GYW

Job locations

Great Yarmouth and Northern villages PCN