Mental Health NurseNHS

Job summary

The Primary Care Gambling Service (PCGS) is seeking atrained Mental Health Nurse with some experience supporting patients affected by gambling harm or addiction.

Gambling harm can affect anyone, not only the person who gambles, but also their families, friends, and wider communities. It can impact mental health, relationships, finances, and overall well-being. Services like the Primary Care Gambling Service (PCGS) support individuals experiencing gambling-related difficulties and those affected by someone elses gambling, helping them access early intervention and specialist care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to:

• Provide evidence based mental health and addiction interventions for patients who suffer from gambling harm
• Case manages a group of patients who may or may not be in active treatment elsewhere.
• Internal and external oversight of non-clinical care coordinators
• Prepare reports for external agencies (including the regulators).
• Effectively manage risk and share concerns with the wider team, and report back to a lead clinician as necessary.
• See patients in active addiction and support them towards a gambling free lifestyle.
• Contribute towards wider PCGS activities and projects as requested.
• Work with the medical and clinical directors in the stop gambling service.
• You will be required to provide appropriate clinicians with summary information on a regular basis for team meetings/ report writing/ and occupational liaison, and to provide these yourself where you are the lead clinician. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team which includes primary care GPs, operational lead, psychiatrists and therapists.
• You may be required to work a mixture of social and unsocial hours, including evening sessions and Saturday clinics, as well as potentially working across several different sites.

Job description

• To undertake MH assessment and formulate a plan of care
• To provide mental health follow up, management, and treatment functions to patients referred to the PCGS.
• To support patients in their recovery from ill health or related gambling issues.
• To promote health through interventions, empowering patients, offering appropriate health education, information and advice to patients, relatives and carers and relevant supporting agencies.
• To challenge and improve current practice where appropriate, ensuring practice is evidence based.
• To work closely with PCGS lead clinicians ensuring complex cases are supported and managed appropriately
• To assist in the use of relevant information technology to collate accurate and timely information as and when required by commissioners.
• To work appropriately with key stakeholders (internal and external), attending meetings as required and contribute to the decision-making process.
• To provide expertise on assessment, management and care planning for patients who have complex/mental health problems and/or problematic gambling addiction.
• To refer patients with complex needs to the most appropriate, NHS service or another provider.
• To provide a first port of call for all patient with a gambling issue in absence of lead clinician.
• To assist in outcome screening as required.
• To offer guidance to the admin team surrounding clinical queries that cannot be handled directly by the administrative team.
• To present concise and accurate written and/or verbal information at regular team meetings relating to treatment being delivered and the patients response.
• To maintain accurate records of all episodes of care
• To manage risk and understand points of escalating for this risk
• Work with other members of the team to raise the profile and understanding of the PCGS
• To work closely with GPs in SE London to raise their awareness of gambling addiction/problems.
• To contribute to the writing and publication of articles and research about the work of the programme.
• To assist with the organisation and the delivery of multi-disciplinary education and training
• To contribute to identifying the professional needs of core team members and to assist with making recommendations for meeting those needs.
• To promote the use of health promotion and referral protocols with stakeholders
• To contribute to the agenda of the PCGS Educational Strategy to assist with the development of educational programmes for organisations, staff, patients, relatives and carers.
• Be familiar with the prevalence and epidemiological data for PCGS in relation to mental health, substance misuse and alcohol.
• To understand the Regulatory framework which the PCGS service will work within.
• To link in with formal mechanisms to share good practice in the PCGS and elsewhere sharing knowledge, skills and clinical expertise.
• To support securing external contracts as necessary.
• In the course of your employment, you will have access to confidential information relating to PCGS business. You are required to exercise due consideration in the way you use such information and should not act in any way which might be prejudicial to the PCGS interests.
• Information for extra consideration includes access to the general business of the service and any information regarding individuals.
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers, or the business of PCGS may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data,
• If you are in any doubt regarding the use of information in the pursuit of your duties you should seek advice from your line manager before communicating any information to any third party

Please refer to the JD uploaded for more details regarding job responsibilites

About us

PCGS is an established national service with potential for further expansion. This is an exciting opportunity to develop expertise in the field of gambling harm. The service aims to bridge NHS primary care and specialist services, enabling GPs and trained healthcare professionals to refer patients directly for support with problem gambling.

The successful candidate will work closely with external agencies, the voluntary sector, and peer support networks, and contribute to the weekly multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings.