Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner (NHS AfC: Band 6) - Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust – Bradford, West Yorkshire
Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners (Mental Health Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme) - Bradford Primary Care Network 5
This role is an exciting opportunity for a registered band 6 mental health professional (Nurse, Social Worker or OT) to work in a dynamic way across primary and secondary care to bring together mental health pathways and support the understanding of mental health within primary care. The role will provide holistic assessment of services users linking people into the community and VSCE resources as well as providing seamless transition into secondary care if needed.
The primary care mental health service is expanding and is a key component to our community mental health transformation. It is envisaged that the role will closely link to the community transformation of mental health and the core team that is being established. The role will link to a specific primary care network and work closely with the practices aligned to that network. The successful candidate will be based in GP sites within the PCN during working hours.
Closing- 20th November 2024
Shortlisting- 21st November 2024
1. To actively promote better understanding and knowledge of mental health and wellbeing within primary care to enable the MDT to provide integrated and holistic offers of support.
2. To take a lead on providing specialist assessment of service users with mental health problems within the primary care setting.
3. To provide effective signposting based on a holistic assessment of an individual's needs making use of a range of resources and services to include VCSE and community-based organisations.
4. To provide evidence-based, time-limited interventions where appropriate and within the scope of professional practice and experience.
5. When required, to facilitate swift and seamless transition into other mental health services such as MWBC, CMHT etc.
6. To work collaboratively with secondary mental health services to support effective transitions of service users from secondary mental health services to primary care.
7. To work collaboratively with service users and their families to:
1. support shared decision-making around their care and support working on strengths and assets;
2. promote recovery and self-care.
8. To inform and influence the ongoing development of new and innovative models of support within primary care and secondary mental health service.
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference.
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs.
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
* Increase mileage rates for > 3500.
* A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages.
* A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.
Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for further information about this role.
Right to Work in the UK Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.
As a condition of continuous employment, it is essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes.
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