PCN CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Role

You will work as an autonomous practitioner within friendly teams of GPs, ANPs, Practice Nurses, and Pharmacists. You will develop close working relationships and be a valued member of the Primary Care Team. You will collaborate with other professionals, both internal to, and external from, the PCN. Your role will involve offering specialist mental health advice, and providing expert clinical care for Children and young people with a range of mild to moderate mental health needs. You will act as a first contact mental health worker, undertaking triage, assessments, brief interventions, and reviews. You will contribute networking and navigation expertise, enabling access to a range of appropriate mental health support across the community system. You will ensure that, once assessed, each young person receives the best possible care in the right place at the right time by the right supporting service.

The successful candidate will be well-supported and guided by the PCN and the clinical team lead as necessary. You will be supported to work autonomously, having day to day responsibility for your clinics and workload.

As services keen to provide excellent care to our locality, we would welcome enthusiastic innovators who are willing to develop this role. We are looking for the very best people to work with us on our journey of development. Primary Care experience is not essential; however, a good understanding of how Primary Care works would be beneficial.

The right candidate will have a strong desire to achieve the best possible outcomes for children and young people, will display passion and understanding for working with individuals with mental health needs in the community, and have the motivation and flexibility to help develop our services, as the practices evolve to meet the needs of their population. If you are a qualified Occupational Therapist, Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker, with a determination for supporting local young people with mental health problems and their families; then we look forward to hearing from you!

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Certificate in mentorship, teaching & assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession.

Desirable

• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting.
• Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience working in primary care.
• Experience working in a multiagency setting

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrable knowledge to postgraduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for patients in the designated field.
• Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of delivering psychosocial interventions and approaches

Skills

Essential

• Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.

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

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Address

PCN basis- GP Surgeries

Durham

DH1 5RD

Employer's website

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