An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Allied Healthcare professional to join our team in North Somerset. Situated near Weston Super Mare beach, the role offers free parking and flexible working, including home working days.
This post sits within the community primary care team and will provide rapid access to credible specialist mental health expertise for GPs, Primary Care staff and other referring agents who require support and expert advice on meeting the mental health needs of their caseloads.
After orientation you will have the opportunity to rotate into the innovative Mental Health Integrated Team (MINT) and the community mental health framework. MINT has been developed to reinvent how we provide people with the wrap‑around care and support they need, addressing physical and mental health. The Primary Care Liaison Service will play a key role in supporting MINTs, ensuring referred patients gain access to the right support to achieve their personal goals by asking them ‘what matters to you?’. This will enable Primary Care patients to have their mental health needs more clearly assessed, defined, cared for and treated by Primary Care Health Care Professionals, optimising pathways to meet their needs.
PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY.
Responsibilities:
* Prioritise assessments based on clinical need and risk, making evidence‑based recommendations for care and treatment within and across multiple care pathways.
* Rotate through varied roles such as frontline assessment, telephone triage, duty working and MINT working.
* Work with Primary Care colleagues to identify care and treatment options that enable service users to remain within their existing support/care pathways and maintain community tenure.
* Maintain close working relationships with Recovery and Intensive Services, Community Mental Health Teams.
Rotational locations include the Coast Resource Centre in Worle, the Long Fox Unit WSM and Windmill House Clevedon.
Key professional values include accessibility, specialist clinical consultation for GPs and Primary Care colleagues, awareness and education to improve access to and understanding of the service.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 staff. We actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds, particularly Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups, people with disabilities and the LGBTQ+ community.
Equal Employment Opportunity: All applicants will be treated fairly.
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