ARRS Mental Health Practitioner - Band 7 (Band 7) - Adult Community Mental Health Team - Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust – Gloucester, South West
1 x 37.5 hours per week Fixed Term contract/secondment opportunity for up to 12 months and 1 x 22.5 hour per week Permanent opportunity
*Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment*
Mental Health Practitioner under ARR Scheme for Gloucester Inner City Primary Care Network
We are looking to recruit 1.6 whole time equivalent post at Band 7, Mental Health Practitioner under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (MHP ARRS).
This is an exciting opportunity to improve the experience for individuals with mental health needs through offering early assessment and access to treatment and support to promote mental health and well-being within primary care.
This Post covers: Gloucester Inner City Primary Care Network which includes Quayside House and Matson Lane Surgery
The ARRS Practitioner will be an integrated member of the GP practice team and will take the lead in ensuring best practice is delivered across your allocated GP surgeries. The role requires working autonomously in providing high volume assessment, diagnosis, and treatment appointments, advice and support for GPs in caring for other patients with mental health issues, improve links with and navigation to community providers and will also support the practice with providing annual reviews for patients on the practices’ Mental Health Registers. The MH Practitioner will work within a number of GP practices within a specific Primary Care Network.
Enthusiasm, an ability to work flexibly and collaboratively with colleagues across service areas to bring about change and the desire to develop and improve services will be fundamental to these roles. Professional development, governance support, training and supervision will be provided by GHC Trust working collaboratively with colleagues in Primary Care.
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
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