Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in London is inviting applications for the role of Mental Health Nurse to join a Primary Care Network and Neighbourhood Mental Health team. The successful candidate will engage in transforming community mental health services, applying skills to new care models addressing serious mental illness. Responsibilities include providing clinical interventions and support to patients, working in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team. The position offers a salary range of £47,810 to £54,710 per annum and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Proven experience practicing as a Mental Health Nurse in the Community.
• Previous experience of management and clinical supervision.
• Experience of service development and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Promote and offer a range of clinical and non-clinical interventions.
• Provide assessment and care planning expertise.
• Contribute to the ongoing development and transformation of the care system.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of recovery principles

Skills in using electronic clinical systems

Education

Registered nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Job description

We are inviting experienced Mental Health Nurses to apply for a rewarding role working into a Primary Care Network and a Tower Hamlets Neighbourhood Mental Health team in ELFT. This role represents an exciting opportunity to be part of transformation of community mental health services for Network 7 & 8 (Isle of Dogs and South Poplar). You will be applying your skills to new care models for those with serious mental illness, complex emotional needs and disordered eating in a diverse London borough.

As a registered Mental Health Nurse, you will work closely with other roles as part of the Primary Care Network's core multi-disciplinary team to help address a range of biopsychosocial needs of patients with mental health problems via personalized approaches (for example, PCN clinical pharmacists, Health Coaches and Social Prescribers).

Excellent Team Work skills and a thorough understanding of integrated, shared care approach is expected from the successful applicant. As part of the Neighbourhood Team, you will deliver improvements aligned to the implementation of the Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults.

Clinical Supervision and Professional Development plans will be provided to the successful applicant. The successful applicant will also be offered the opportunity to complete the Improvement Leaders Programme as part of Quality Improvement ELFT.

Main duties of the job

• To promote and offer a range of clinical and non-clinical interventions within the Primary Care Network (PCN)
• To provide assessment and care planning expertise relevant to your profession
• To contribute to the on-going development and transformation of the care system
• To provide effective signposting to a range of health, social, voluntary sector and community-based resources and services.
• To work with patients to:
  • support shared decision-making about self-management;
  • provide brief therapeutic interventions, where qualified to do so and where appropriate;
• To, where possible, operate without the need for formal referral from GPs, including accepting some direct bookings where appropriate.
• To contribute to case formulations within the PCN, incorporating experience and knowledge as a trained professional in mental health.
• To support the PCN practices in order to achieve specific targets relevant to mental health as may be dictated by local and national contracts (DES, NIS. QOF)
• To participate at practice and network-based MDTs, share good practice and take part in training activities for other members of the MDT

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

• Registered as a nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council
• Evidence of post registration continued professional development, qualifications or equivalent experience
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Experience

• Experience practicing as a Mental Health Nurse in the Community
• Previous experience of functioning as a team member
• Previous experience of Management and Clinical Supervision, including annual appraisal
• Previous experience of service development, quality improvement and of bringing innovation and new ideas to practice
• Previous experience of working within the health or care system
• Lived-experience of accessing mental health services
• Experience of using DIALOG+ (as a service user or professional)

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge and Skills
• Good knowledge of current and relevant local and national agendas impacting Community Mental Health, including the Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health Act and Care Act, relevant national standards and other relevant national policies.
• Excellent knowledge & understanding of recovery principles
• Knowledge of NICE guidance in relation to a wide range of mental disorders and the ability to ensure that evidence based practice with clear clinical outcomes is embedded into practice.
• Skills in using electronic clinical systems and associated Microsoft 365 applications
• Excellent communications skills

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.

Isle of Dogs NMHT, The Barkantine Clinic

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum Inc HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

363-TH7671666

Job locations

Isle of Dogs NMHT, The Barkantine Clinic