Job summary
We are seeking to recruit to a Mental Health Practitioner in Sutton Primary Care Networks. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the Sutton PCN providing a combined consultation, advice, triage/assessment, and liaison function in a primary care setting.
We are looking to fill a full-time position (37.5 hours a week) over 5 days - typically Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm (flexibility can be discussed at interview). The successful candidate will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, receiving referrals from GP surgeries and supporting patient transition from secondary care to primary care by providing up to three step-down sessions and vice-versa i.e., from primary care to secondary care (when more specialist or intensive support is required).
We offer a supportive working environment, with a visible and accessible management team. Supervision is a priority as we pride ourselves in supporting staff to meet the needs of the patient and we are committed to delivering an exemplary service with a strong culture of training and education.
In this role you will work as part of the primary care team, providing support to GP practices for patients presenting with mental health problems. This support will include provision of advice, education, support and interventions to patients and carers through bookable appointments.
You will provide expert advice and education to primary care staff across the specified PCNs.
Main duties of the job
- Provide medicine education and adherence advice and lifestyle advice for patients and their carers, presenting with mental health problems
- Assist in supporting early intervention and supporting shared decision-making around self-management
- Carry outtriage
and comprehensive assessments
- Work
with patients and team members to support engagement with appropriate services
and treatment
- Support
patients to transition from secondary care to primary care by providing up to
three step-down sessions at the point of step down from secondary care services
- Provide
ongoing specialist support for patients to transition from primary care to
secondary care when more specialist or intensive support is required
- Support
patients to stay well within their local communities
- Work at all times to promote the safety and
the well being of service users and their families/carers
- Develop a close relationship with Practices, attending Practice meetings and having regular informal
contact.
- Work closely and in partnership with
colleagues within primary care and local NHS trust in a collaborative way,
ensuring that decisions are made that ensure the best care for service users
and that there is a seamless pathway.
- Support primary care teams with the
administration of long-acting injections for those patients with complex needs
- Support patients on the SMI register to
access annual physical health checks and to carry out these checks and physical
health monitoring for those patients with complex needs
About us
Sutton
has a population of approximately 200000 residents registered to 23 practices
and there are currently 4 Primary Care Networks (PCNs); Carshalton, Cheam &
South Sutton, Central Sutton and Wallington PCN; each serving a population of
approximately 50000 patients. Primary care networks (PCNs) form a key building block of the NHS long-term plan. Bringing general practices
together to work at scale has been a policy priority for some years for a range
of reasons, including improving the ability of practices to recruit and retain
staff; to manage financial and estates pressures; to provide a wider range of
services to patients and to more easily integrate with the wider health and
care system.
Sutton PCN is
forward-looking, friendly and focused on providing a wide range of excellent
healthcare services to patients in Sutton and the surrounding area. There are also currently 10 PCN Clinical
Directors. We merged as we could see the benefits of working together in a
larger GP partnership and we are delighted to be realising some of those
benefits now. Because of our scale, not only are we more resilient and
efficient but we are able to invest in continuous quality improvement, enhanced
care, new services and training and developing our workforce. We value the diversity of our colleagues and actively champion an
inclusive culture and are committed to helping our colleagues achieve a
work/life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To provide medicine education and adherence
advice and lifestyle advice for patients and their carers, presenting with
mental health problems
- Assist in supporting early intervention and
supporting shared decision-making around self management
- To carry out triage and comprehensive
assessments as required.
- To work with patients and team members to
support engagement with appropriate services and treatment which may include
onward referral to secondary mental health services or signposting to other
mental health services, social prescribers, voluntary services and
community-based support groups
- To support patients to transition from
secondary care to primary care by providing up to three step-down sessions at
the point of step down from secondary care services
- To provide
ongoing specialist support patients to transition from primary care to
secondary care when more specialist or intensive support is required
- To support patients to stay well within their
local communities, including the re-enforcement of newly learned psychology
techniques
- Work at all times to promote the safety and
the well being of service users and their families/carers
- To develop a close relationship with Primary
Care practices, attending practice meetings and having regular informal
contact.
- To work closely and in partnership with
colleagues within primary care and local NHS trust in a collaborative way,
ensuring that decisions are made that ensure the best care for service users
and that there is a seamless pathway.
- To support primary care teams with the
administration of long-acting injections for those patients with complex needs
- To support patients on the SMI register to
access annual physical health checks and to carry out these checks and physical
health monitoring for those patients with complex needs
- To provide clinical supervision to junior
collegues.
- To maintain accurate, contemporaneous
healthcare records appropriate to the consultation.
Quality Improvement
- To contribute to the improvement of pathways
between primary and secondary care and where practicable, to standardise
processes across the PCN
- To support primary care initiatives which
improve the physical health outcomes of those with a long-term mental health
condition and the mental health outcomes of those with a long-term physical
health condition
Training, Development and Education
- To provide specialist mental health specific
training and shared learning for staff across the primary care network,
including providing specialist advice relating to mental health
- To undertake mandatory and statutory training
as required by Sutton PCN policy, identifying individual training needs.
- To contribute and commit to undertaking an
annual Development Review/appraisal.
- To undertake personal development as
identified in the Personal Development Plan (PDP).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To provide medicine education and adherence
advice and lifestyle advice for patients and their carers, presenting with
mental health problems
- Assist in supporting early intervention and
supporting shared decision-making around self management
- To carry out triage and comprehensive
assessments as required.
- To work with patients and team members to
support engagement with appropriate services and treatment which may include
onward referral to secondary mental health services or signposting to other
mental health services, social prescribers, voluntary services and
community-based support groups
- To support patients to transition from
secondary care to primary care by providing up to three step-down sessions at
the point of step down from secondary care services
- To provide
ongoing specialist support patients to transition from primary care to
secondary care when more specialist or intensive support is required
- To support patients to stay well within their
local communities, including the re-enforcement of newly learned psychology
techniques
- Work at all times to promote the safety and
the well being of service users and their families/carers
- To develop a close relationship with Primary
Care practices, attending practice meetings and having regular informal
contact.
- To work closely and in partnership with
colleagues within primary care and local NHS trust in a collaborative way,
ensuring that decisions are made that ensure the best care for service users
and that there is a seamless pathway.
- To support primary care teams with the
administration of long-acting injections for those patients with complex needs
- To support patients on the SMI register to
access annual physical health checks and to carry out these checks and physical
health monitoring for those patients with complex needs
- To provide clinical supervision to junior
collegues.
- To maintain accurate, contemporaneous
healthcare records appropriate to the consultation.
Quality Improvement
- To contribute to the improvement of pathways
between primary and secondary care and where practicable, to standardise
processes across the PCN
- To support primary care initiatives which
improve the physical health outcomes of those with a long-term mental health
condition and the mental health outcomes of those with a long-term physical
health condition
Training, Development and Education
- To provide specialist mental health specific
training and shared learning for staff across the primary care network,
including providing specialist advice relating to mental health
- To undertake mandatory and statutory training
as required by Sutton PCN policy, identifying individual training needs.
- To contribute and commit to undertaking an
annual Development Review/appraisal.
- To undertake personal development as
identified in the Personal Development Plan (PDP).
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- - Ability to provide quality care that is responsive to service user needs, without close supervision
- - Excellent written and oral communication skills
- - Good organisational skills
- - Resilient: able to cope in difficult interpersonal situations
- - Ability to complete comprehensive assessments where required.
- - Approachable
- - Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
- - IT skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- - Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
- - Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical)
- - Loyal and able to advocate and show price in the work area and organisation and demonstrate values of both Sutton PCNs and the NHS
Experience
Essential
- - Demonstrable experience of working clinically at Band 5 and/or Band 6
- - Experience of working with people who have experienced serious ongoing mental health problems
- - Experience of research based/reflective practice e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice.
- - Experience as a preceptor/mentor
- - Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
- - Knowledge of relevant professional and clinical legislation
- Ability to proactively and independently manage a workload.
Desirable
- - Previous experience of working within primary care
- - Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- - Evidencing of completing and/or supporting clinical research projects and audits
Qualifications
Essential
- - Registered Mental Health Nurse
- - Mentorship development
- - Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Experience of using quality improvement methodologies
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- - Ability to provide quality care that is responsive to service user needs, without close supervision
- - Excellent written and oral communication skills
- - Good organisational skills
- - Resilient: able to cope in difficult interpersonal situations
- - Ability to complete comprehensive assessments where required.
- - Approachable
- - Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
- - IT skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- - Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
- - Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical)
- - Loyal and able to advocate and show price in the work area and organisation and demonstrate values of both Sutton PCNs and the NHS
Experience
Essential
- - Demonstrable experience of working clinically at Band 5 and/or Band 6
- - Experience of working with people who have experienced serious ongoing mental health problems
- - Experience of research based/reflective practice e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice.
- - Experience as a preceptor/mentor
- - Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
- - Knowledge of relevant professional and clinical legislation
- Ability to proactively and independently manage a workload.
Desirable
- - Previous experience of working within primary care
- - Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- - Evidencing of completing and/or supporting clinical research projects and audits
Qualifications
Essential
- - Registered Mental Health Nurse
- - Mentorship development
- - Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Experience of using quality improvement methodologies
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
