Senior PCN Mental Health Practitioner

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for dedicated and enthusiastic mental health practitioners to join our growing team of multidisciplinary clinicians providing care to patients within the Primary Care Network (PCN) footprints of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. These are pivotal roles working across primary and specialist services within an integrated community mental health model.

In Nottingham and Nottinghamshire there are 23 PCNs with a variety of different sizes, patient populations and mental health priorities. During 2021, each PCN will have at least one mental health practitioner providing a named clinician for the GP practices within that locality.

Main duties of the job

The posts will be co-located within the PCN and be responsible for providing specialist mental health care and interventions to patients within the PCN using high level assessment to understand needs, treatment options, refer appropriately and co-ordinate the patient's journey across the health, social care and voluntary sector system, regardless of care setting. Its essential that these posts forge close working relationships with a range of professionals both within the PCN and local Mental Health Trust to enable comprehensive and patient centred care plans to be developed and delivered.

About us

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

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Date posted

31 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year per annum (pro-rata if part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

186-174-23-MH

Job locations

Lavender House

Thorneywood, Porchester Road, Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

NG3 6LF


Job description

Job responsibilities

The roles will be hosted by Local Mental Health Teams but work within the Primary Care Networks and we have vacancies across Nottinghamshire covering the following areas:

  • Nottingham City
  • South Notts

This is a unique opportunity to work across both primary care and specialist mental health services where you will be supported to develop new ways of working to support service users and their families

The post holder will:

Provide advice, enhanced assessment, support and treatment for those experiencing problems with their mental health and emotional wellbeing as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Provide support to the all age adult mental health model.

Provide clinical advice and support to non-mental health clinicians in a PCN.

Be part of the interface between primary care and specialist mental health services in the Locality Team.

To apply for these roles you will need:

Relevant professional qualification (RMN, RNLD, OT, SW)

Significant post qualification experience within the management of patients with complex needs

Excellent communication and liaison skills with the ability to work autonomously

Primary care experience is not essential but an understanding of how PCNs work would be beneficial

Most importantly the candidate will want to work to achieve the best outcomes for patients with the motivation and flexibility to develop the service to meet the needs of the PCN population

In addition the post holder will need to have excellent managerial and leadership skills and will be expected to support service transformation by leading on service change to embed new ways of working across primary and secondary care.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The roles will be hosted by Local Mental Health Teams but work within the Primary Care Networks and we have vacancies across Nottinghamshire covering the following areas:

  • Nottingham City
  • South Notts

This is a unique opportunity to work across both primary care and specialist mental health services where you will be supported to develop new ways of working to support service users and their families

The post holder will:

Provide advice, enhanced assessment, support and treatment for those experiencing problems with their mental health and emotional wellbeing as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Provide support to the all age adult mental health model.

Provide clinical advice and support to non-mental health clinicians in a PCN.

Be part of the interface between primary care and specialist mental health services in the Locality Team.

To apply for these roles you will need:

Relevant professional qualification (RMN, RNLD, OT, SW)

Significant post qualification experience within the management of patients with complex needs

Excellent communication and liaison skills with the ability to work autonomously

Primary care experience is not essential but an understanding of how PCNs work would be beneficial

Most importantly the candidate will want to work to achieve the best outcomes for patients with the motivation and flexibility to develop the service to meet the needs of the PCN population

In addition the post holder will need to have excellent managerial and leadership skills and will be expected to support service transformation by leading on service change to embed new ways of working across primary and secondary care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional Qualification (RMN/RNLD, Social Work, OT) to degree level or equivalent.
  • Maintains current registration with the appropriate body NMC/HCPC
  • Further specialist knowledge/post registration experience in specific service area or other formal training.
  • Practice based educator qualification or equivalent (or prepared to undertake training)

Desirable

  • Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration

Training

Essential

  • Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery.
  • Current mandatory training up to date

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
  • Specialist and area specific experience. Experience in supporting service development
  • Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
  • Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
  • Experience of working autonomously within a senior position
  • Experience of managing staff and good leadership skills.

Desirable

  • The ability to deal with and resolve conflict
  • Experience of leading service change/development/ transformation.
  • Experience of leading training sessions

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
  • Good knowledge of the national agenda for mental health.
  • Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks
  • Knowledge of health promotion

Desirable

  • Awareness of national and local issues impacting healthcare
  • Knowledge of management theories

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Good written/oral communication skills
  • Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic
  • Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
  • Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients care
  • Clinical supervision skills
  • IT skills

Desirable

  • A high level of emotional intelligence

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional Qualification (RMN/RNLD, Social Work, OT) to degree level or equivalent.
  • Maintains current registration with the appropriate body NMC/HCPC
  • Further specialist knowledge/post registration experience in specific service area or other formal training.
  • Practice based educator qualification or equivalent (or prepared to undertake training)

Desirable

  • Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration

Training

Essential

  • Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery.
  • Current mandatory training up to date

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
  • Specialist and area specific experience. Experience in supporting service development
  • Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
  • Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
  • Experience of working autonomously within a senior position
  • Experience of managing staff and good leadership skills.

Desirable

  • The ability to deal with and resolve conflict
  • Experience of leading service change/development/ transformation.
  • Experience of leading training sessions

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
  • Good knowledge of the national agenda for mental health.
  • Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks
  • Knowledge of health promotion

Desirable

  • Awareness of national and local issues impacting healthcare
  • Knowledge of management theories

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Good written/oral communication skills
  • Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic
  • Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
  • Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients care
  • Clinical supervision skills
  • IT skills

Desirable

  • A high level of emotional intelligence

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lavender House

Thorneywood, Porchester Road, Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

NG3 6LF


Employer's website

https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lavender House

Thorneywood, Porchester Road, Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

NG3 6LF


Employer's website

https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Service Team Leader

Sarah Pitts

sarah.pitts@nottshc.nhs.uk

07966564090

Date posted

31 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year per annum (pro-rata if part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

186-174-23-MH

Job locations

Lavender House

Thorneywood, Porchester Road, Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

NG3 6LF


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