An innovative and exciting service continues to be developed in Milton Keynes to support individuals with wellbeing and mental health needs in GP surgeries. We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic and motivated Band 6 mental health professional to join the team.
The role will be Full Time and will involve assessing and providing support to clients whom have a range of mild to moderate mental health needs, you with work extensively alongside GPs and practice staff with support from the local mental health service.
You will need to have excellent assessment skills, be able to work autonomously and be able to forge positive working relationship with primary care staff and clients. You will have excellent working knowledge of wellbeing and mental health care and the mental health needs of dynamic and changing population.
We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we are hoping to find our future leaders and will support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you are at, there is always a place for you at CNWL.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
The post holder will be based and embedded within a Primary Care Network (PCN) working with GPs, practice nurses and other Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) workers e.g. social prescribers, health and wellbeing coaches, care co-ordinators, as part of the primary care Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).
They will work with primary care GPs to manage the mental health needs of their population at the point of contact. This includes those with lower level support requirements that can be met within primary care, working with the Primary Care Plus (PCP) team and GP practices. The role will act as interface between primary care and wider mental health services.
This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Nov 2024
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