This permanent position is in the Maldon/Braintree area for Primary Care Mental Health service in Essex. The post will be based in General Practice, working with existing Primary Care teams to triage, assess, manage and follow up patients and provide brief interventions to those registered with GPs in the area. You must be highly skilled and motivated, able to work autonomously and confident in providing evidence-based psychological and non-psychological treatments for common mental health disorders following your assessments. Excellent skills of assessment and knowledge of local services are essential, as the practitioner will be the gatekeeper and guardian for referral to secondary services. Working in collaboration with Primary Care colleagues, the practitioner will provide support and specialist advice, consultation, education and problem solving skills to Primary Care colleagues with regards to the assessment and management of service users with common mental health disorders. You will act as a signpost for other internal and external services appropriate to service users\' needs, where required, and be at the forefront of developing integrated care pathways.
Responsibilities
* Triage and assess patients and facilitate them receiving the most appropriate support for their needs, ensuring people are not passed around the system.
* Manage and deliver effective and safe services which support the key elements of Clinical/Practice governance.
* Provide and undertake detailed physical health investigations such as ECGs and offer basic interpretation of the results.
* Work with GP, Primary Care team and Consultant Psychiatrists to ensure patients are supported in the most appropriate clinical practice environment from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
* Collaborate with Primary Care colleagues to provide support and specialist advice, consultation, education and problem solving for assessment and management of service users with common mental health disorders.
* Hold a UK driving licence (essential) to drive to Primary Care network bases in Braintree/Maldon and Trust sites, as some areas are remote with no public transport.
* Mentorship and supervision of students; participate in patient safety investigations, complaints and relevant investigations in line with Trust policies.
* Develop innovative practice to deal creatively with service demands for referrals, allocations, monitoring of KPI\'s and clinical caseload management.
* Non-medical prescriber is preferred; knowledge of SystmOne patient documentation system.
Qualifications and experience
* Experience of working within a Primary Care Mental Health setting as a qualified Mental Health Nurse.
* Ability to work under pressure and ability to contain and manage the stress of others and oneself.
* Robust clinical judgement; able to work autonomously and take an appropriate level of responsibility.
* To hold a UK driving licence is essential to drive to Primary Care network bases in Braintree/Maldon and trust sites.
* Non-medical prescriber is preferred.
* Knowledge of the SystmOne patient documentation system.
Governance, culture and environment
Working in conjunction with the GP, Primary Care team and Consultant Psychiatrists, to ensure that patients are supported in the most appropriate clinical practice environment from a multidisciplinary perspective. You will be at the forefront of developing integrated care pathways and signposting appropriate to service users\' needs.
Salary, benefits and additional information
* Season Ticket Loans
* NHS discounts for staff
* Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
* Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
* The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
* Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment.
Join our Staff bank. What is Staff Bank? Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able to offer safe and effective care at all times. All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank; however, this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish. If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
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