We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Band 6 Primary Care Mental Health Nurse to join our Primary Care Mental Health Team in Walsall.
This post holder will be working with a team that consists of a Team Manager, Clinical Lead/CBT therapist, Mental Health Nurses, Access Practitioners, and Administrators.
The team is responsible for providing, developing, and improving services for people with complex common mental health problems and stable and enduring mental health needs in primary care. The post holder will have a high level of autonomy within their role and manage all aspects of their service according to local need and within the parameters of the Primary Mental Health Service operational policy.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work within a busy team alongside registered mental health nurses and be supported by the Team Manager, Clinical Lead/CBT Practitioner, and team administrators.
Post holders will have a high level of autonomy working across designated GP practices, managing their own clinics and providing mental health assessment and evidence-based treatment for people aged over 18. You will provide a service to people who exhibit complex common mental health needs and stable, predictable, and enduring serious mental health needs. You will be expected to develop and manage all aspects of your service, such as waiting lists according to local need, working within the parameters of the service operational policy.
A key aspect of this role is GP consultation, liaison, education, and training. You will be expected to attend GP practice meetings to discuss the service and actively seek feedback, report any issues to the team leader, as well as areas for improvement and any innovative practice for sharing and disseminating. Staff will be expected to autonomously manage high volumes of referrals and work on their own initiative in a busy and demanding service, managing change effectively.
About us
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.
Across the whole of the region, we provide:
* Adult and older adult mental health services
* Specialist learning disability services
* CAMHS
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
Combining resources, strategies, and a talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.
We currently employ over 3,000 members of staff, and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be the first clinical point of contact for the service, effectively screening, assessing, and working with service users with complex common mental health needs and stable, predictable, and enduring serious mental health needs, exercising judgement to identify and assess healthcare needs, and consider a range of options for treatment.
To work in partnership with service users to assess their mental health needs using sound knowledge and clinical judgement, and where indicated deliver evidence-based brief interventions.
To deliver primary care recovery-focused psychological interventions that meet the needs of service users who are too complex and/or not suitable for IAPT yet do not meet the threshold for the psychological therapies in secondary care mental health.
To deliver Wellness & Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) that supports a recovery-focused care model that emphasizes the service user's choice, preference of interventions/treatment, and establishes meaningful networks of support that take into account their Bio/Psycho/Social needs.
Support service users through their transition from secondary care mental health services and reduce the incidence of re-referral back into SMHS.
Support primary care with SEMI registers and enable service users with stable & enduring mental health difficulties to access physical health checks, working towards reducing the inequity in mortality and morbidity rates for this population.
To signpost and support the seamless transition of care to other services including primary, secondary care, and voluntary services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Achieved grade/qualification
Desirable
* Experience of working within community mental health
Employer details
Employer name
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kingshill Centre
School Street
Walsall
WS10 9JB
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