Peripatetic Advanced First Contact Mental Health PractitionerNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Peripatetic Advanced First Contact Mental Health Practitioner to work within primary care in York and the Vale of York.

After the successful introduction of our initial first contact mental health practitioners, we aspire to expand the service with a further innovative offer.

In this attractive, flexible, role the post holder the has opportunity of working within primary care, with non-working weekends and the benefit of bank holidays!

This role is fundamental to the development of inclusive & integrated mental health services.

NMC Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers (England), HCPC Occupational Therapist encouraged to apply.

This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. However, sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements, therefore, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Main duties of the job

There are 15 practitioners already working across the 8 primary care networks within York. These roles rely on integration with local social prescribing, charities and secondary care pathways.

We are seeking a reliable, highly autonomous Band 7 Advanced First Contact Mental Health Practitioner to join our dynamic workforce. This unique, peripatetic role is specifically designed to provide sickness, absence and surge capacity cover across 8 Primary Care Networks. You will be required to integrate into different teams to ensure continuity of high-quality patient care. This position is ideal for practitioner who thrives on variety, processes strong cross functional skills and can hit the ground running in any clinical environment.

The key responsibilities for the successful post holder will be to provide high quality assessments, interventions and care management across diverse settings and locations, to be able to adapt quickly to localised site workflows, multi-disciplinary team dynamics and varying patient demographics. To ensure seamless transitions of care during periods of staff absence, high demand or service expansion.

All the Primary Care Networks use the same Electronic Health Record System.

Job description

This is a new, exciting, and innovative post to support the needs of the local population living with mental health difficulties. The role holder will fulfil an Advanced first contact specialist mental health role within GP Practices across the 8 Primary Care Networks (PCNs) The 8 PCNs are: Priory Medical Group PCN, Selby Town PCN, South Hambleton and Ryedale PCN, Tadcaster and Rural PCN, West Outer and North East York PCN, Unity Health PCN, York East PCN, York Medical Group PCN

You will assess patients who would otherwise have traditionally seen a GP. Within the primary care setting, the role holder will work in a collaborative and multi-agency way. This will contribute to the safe and effective day to day operation of the PCN and the efficient and timely management of clinical enquiries and decision-making.

The post will sit within the GP Practices and will facilitate the interface between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health Services to provide specialist advice and support, assessment, treatment, education and solution-focused approaches to the local Primary Care Teams, for patients and carers.

The post-holder will manage their daily clinics and act as a specialist advisor to GPs, such as specialist opinion or prescribing support (within the parameters of the Non-medical prescribing/NMP framework)

You will be a non-medical prescriber or be willing to study towards this accreditation. Experience of cognitive behavioural therapy would be advantageous.

You will assume an active leadership role in the establishment of partnerships and networks with key stakeholders across the PCNs and the wider mental health care system. To offer specialist advice to, or obtain advice for, the Primary Care Team on appropriate interventions and on-going patient care management.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.

Please do not hesitate to make contact for further information.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.