This new role of Mental Health Integrated Hub clinician will support the development of innovative new teams as part of the integrated Primary and Secondary mental health services, each working across 2-3 PCNs in Oxfordshire. The role will be part of the Primary Care MH team which will provide a local point of triage and assessment for all mental health referrals within its locality, treatment and improved access to evidence-based interventions for people with SMI. The role will help people to focus on achievable goals and access local community resources.
Main duties of the job
1. Contribute to delivering the primary care mental health service model. This includes the provision of integrated physical and mental health care in a designated Primary Care Network within Oxfordshire.
2. Work as part of the MDT to support and advise the Primary Care Team in triage, assessment and treatment of patients needing mental health support.
3. Accept referrals direct from primary care via an agreed route, promote early assessment/treatment, and ensure robust relationships and links with other community-based services.
4. Work with adults (18+) with severe/significant mental illness, whose mental health needs can be best met within primary care and whose difficulties are best understood within a biopsychosocial model.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression: access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges.
Work-life Balance: flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave.
Opportunity & Access: over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want.
Job responsibilities
1. As part of a small team, the postholder will contribute to delivering the primary care mental health service model. This includes the provision of integrated physical and mental health care in a designated Primary Care Network within Oxfordshire.
2. Work as part of the MDT to support and advise the Primary Care Team in triage, assessment and treatment of patients needing mental health support.
3. Accept referrals direct from primary care via an agreed route, promote early assessment/treatment, and ensure robust relationships and links with other community-based services.
4. Work with adults (18+) with severe/significant mental illness, whose mental health needs can be best met within primary care and whose difficulties are best understood within a biopsychosocial model.
5. Work closely with colleagues in specialist community mental health services to ensure smooth transitions between teams and services and facilitate an easy in, easy out approach to improve access to evidence-based interventions.
6. Facilitate mental health and strengths-based assessments in primary care and support the Primary Care Team in accessing appropriate level of services.
7. With the development of the Community Mental Health hubs, support the Hub team in building and facilitating closer links between primary care networks and Community Mental Health Teams, Social Care teams, community services and a wide range of voluntary sector organisations, to achieve seamless transitions and support for people with SMI.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Occupational therapy qualification
* HCPC Registration
* Experience and post registration experience in working with people with mental health needs
* Ability to travel independently
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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