Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to join the team working within the primary care network in East Durham. You will ideally be a non medical prescriber, however, training will be provided for successful applicants who are not qualified prescribers.
You will work within GP practices providing assessment and short term intervention to patients referred by their GPs.
Supervision, training and personal development are a key aspect of the post.
You will be a qualified and experienced Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse with skills in assessment and ability to delivery short term interventions to patients aged 18 upwards presenting with mild to moderate mental health conditions.
Within the primary care setting, the role holder will work in a collaborative and multi-agency way. This will contribute to the safe and effective day to day operation of the PCN and the efficient and timely management of clinical enquiries and decision-making.
Main duties of the job
The post will sit within the GP practices and will facilitate the interface between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health Services to provide specialist advice and support, assessment, treatment, education and solution-focused approaches to the local Primary Care Teams, for patients and carers.
The role will offer expertise in networking and navigation to promote ease of access to a range of specialist mental health support services. This ensures that each person, once assessed, receives the best possible care in the right place at the right time and by the right supporting service.
The post holder will be an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team. They will be professionally accountable and responsible for patient care, undertaking initial assessment with signposting to appropriate services, or providing time-limited psycho-social therapeutic interventions directly, in e.g. GP surgeries, patient's homes and other primary care settings. This will include providing clinical advice to GPs such as specialist opinion or prescribing support (within the parameters of the Non-medical prescribing/NMP framework).
About us
TEWV offers a range of benefits which include:
Lease car scheme
Personal and professional development
Supervision
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Current professional registration NMC.
- NMP Level 1 (or willing to obtain within 12 months)
- Certificate in teaching & assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession.
- Clinical Supervisor.
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
- Recognised sign-off mentor (or equivalent) for students or must be achieved within agreed timescale.
Desirable
- Leadership or management qualification
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
- NMP Level 2
Skills
Essential
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Work effectively across complex organisations, pathways and services
- Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting.
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
- Mentoring students on practice placement experience.
- Quality improvement activities
- 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
- Providing clinical supervision
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience working in primary care
- Experience working in a multiagency setting
- Leadership or management experience
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Current professional registration NMC.
- NMP Level 1 (or willing to obtain within 12 months)
- Certificate in teaching & assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession.
- Clinical Supervisor.
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
- Recognised sign-off mentor (or equivalent) for students or must be achieved within agreed timescale.
Desirable
- Leadership or management qualification
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
- NMP Level 2
Skills
Essential
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Work effectively across complex organisations, pathways and services
- Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting.
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
- Mentoring students on practice placement experience.
- Quality improvement activities
- 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
- Providing clinical supervision
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience working in primary care
- Experience working in a multiagency setting
- Leadership or management experience
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.
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.
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).
