Job summary
Crawley Mental Health Liaison Practitioner Service (MHLP) currently has an exciting opportunity for two permanent full time post.
Crawley is a lively and friendly team where you will be offered mentorship and supervision from senior nursing colleagues, active management support and the chance to undertake training courses relevant to your professional practice.You will also have access to regular professional supervision.
Hours of work are generally between 9am and 5pm from Monday to Friday.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of the secondary care mental health service, acting as a link clinician to primary care teams. Clinical work will be carried out within primary care settings.
To work with GPs and primary care teams, specifically colleagues in IAPT (Time to talk), providing support, advice, consultation and shared care for adults, regardless of age and diagnosis, presenting with a functional mental illness, to enable safe management of clients within primary care.
To work in partnership with GPs and other primary care colleagues around individual patients and to work jointly with them to develop care plans for the client.
To assess individuals with complex presentations, prior to referral to secondary care and if required, directing them into the appropriate specialist service within secondary care ensuring they are not passed between services.
To maintain a close working relationship with local secondary care teams, keeping them informed of developments within primary care.
About us
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES :Clinical1. The post-holder will be both a member of a number of GP led primary care teams and a member of secondary care mental health services.2. To undertake screening and assessment of patients with mental health problems referred by GPs to determine the most appropriate intervention and offer support and advice using the philosophy of least intervention possible and of a recovery, strength based approach.3. To support GPs and primary care teams in assessing and managing risk.4. To facilitate the patients journey to secondary services and other statutory services as needed including acting as broker between secondary care services to avoid clients being bounced around teams.5. To be aware of service users with complex needs who are discharged from secondary care to primary care, and to liaise with their GPs to ensure that the discharge is well managed.6. To support and work alongside GPs in the implementation of patient-centred care packages and treatment for use within primary care.7. To support GPs with issues relating to medication, and to liaise with psychiatry colleagues about medication advice and diagnostic advice as required.8. To contribute to the development of assessment skills of other practitioners in primary care to promote more accurate identification of mental health problems.9. To provide, where required, supervision for students and other mental health trainees.10. To ensure that clinical practice is evidence-based and consistent with relevant NICE Guidelines, and Trust policies and procedures.11. To work in a flexible way in providing cover in other GP practices when needed.
Consultation and training1. To provide advice and consultation to GPs and primary care teams.2. To provide high quality information to GPs and primary care teams on local resources and services3. To publish and make available information about the practitioner role to local people4. To attend supervision from appropriate clinical practitioners in nursing and psychological care, approved by the service manager.5. To provide formal and informal training in a range of mental health issues identified by GPs for GPs and Primary Care Mental Health Teams and present cases, literature reviews and research findings at clinical and other meetings as appropriate.Networking and service provision1. To work closely with other practitioners, local day services, local education establishments, employment agencies and third sector services2. To maintain close working relationships with secondary care services.3. To provide information to patients, and their carers, about their care and options available to them.4. To ensure that the service is equitable and accessible to clients and carers.
Quality and audit1. To ensure that assessment and interventions are provided to agreed standards.2. To keep GPs and primary care teams well informed on outcomes of interventions and therapies provided to their patients.3. In association with GPs, other practitioners and service managers, to involve patient, carers and the general public in improving service responses and service pathways.4. To ensure that complaints and plaudits are logged and appropriate action is taken, in line with the Trusts policies and procedures, and national guidelines.5. To observe and ensure adherence to the relevant professional code of Professional Conduct and the Trusts Policies and Procedures.6. To act in all circumstances to ensure the safety and welfare of people, their relatives, and staff.7. To ensure that approved policies, clinical procedures and regulations are understood and followed, and to take appropriate remedial action where deviations from these standards occur.8. To keep the Team Leader aware of and informed about any untoward occurrences that may affect the service professionally or administratively, or in other ways.9. To be aware of the Data Protection Act and other relevant legislation in relation to confidentiality and freedom of information.10. To engage in individual performance reviews and continuing professional development, identifying training needs in relation to personal development and development of the post.11. To review with the GP and service manager the post-holders personal workloads and levels of clinical and other activity.12. To undertake any other duties in line with the grade and scope of the post
Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES :Clinical1. The post-holder will be both a member of a number of GP led primary care teams and a member of secondary care mental health services.2. To undertake screening and assessment of patients with mental health problems referred by GPs to determine the most appropriate intervention and offer support and advice using the philosophy of least intervention possible and of a recovery, strength based approach.3. To support GPs and primary care teams in assessing and managing risk.4. To facilitate the patients journey to secondary services and other statutory services as needed including acting as broker between secondary care services to avoid clients being bounced around teams.5. To be aware of service users with complex needs who are discharged from secondary care to primary care, and to liaise with their GPs to ensure that the discharge is well managed.6. To support and work alongside GPs in the implementation of patient-centred care packages and treatment for use within primary care.7. To support GPs with issues relating to medication, and to liaise with psychiatry colleagues about medication advice and diagnostic advice as required.8. To contribute to the development of assessment skills of other practitioners in primary care to promote more accurate identification of mental health problems.9. To provide, where required, supervision for students and other mental health trainees.10. To ensure that clinical practice is evidence-based and consistent with relevant NICE Guidelines, and Trust policies and procedures.11. To work in a flexible way in providing cover in other GP practices when needed.
Consultation and training1. To provide advice and consultation to GPs and primary care teams.2. To provide high quality information to GPs and primary care teams on local resources and services3. To publish and make available information about the practitioner role to local people4. To attend supervision from appropriate clinical practitioners in nursing and psychological care, approved by the service manager.5. To provide formal and informal training in a range of mental health issues identified by GPs for GPs and Primary Care Mental Health Teams and present cases, literature reviews and research findings at clinical and other meetings as appropriate.Networking and service provision1. To work closely with other practitioners, local day services, local education establishments, employment agencies and third sector services2. To maintain close working relationships with secondary care services.3. To provide information to patients, and their carers, about their care and options available to them.4. To ensure that the service is equitable and accessible to clients and carers.
Quality and audit1. To ensure that assessment and interventions are provided to agreed standards.2. To keep GPs and primary care teams well informed on outcomes of interventions and therapies provided to their patients.3. In association with GPs, other practitioners and service managers, to involve patient, carers and the general public in improving service responses and service pathways.4. To ensure that complaints and plaudits are logged and appropriate action is taken, in line with the Trusts policies and procedures, and national guidelines.5. To observe and ensure adherence to the relevant professional code of Professional Conduct and the Trusts Policies and Procedures.6. To act in all circumstances to ensure the safety and welfare of people, their relatives, and staff.7. To ensure that approved policies, clinical procedures and regulations are understood and followed, and to take appropriate remedial action where deviations from these standards occur.8. To keep the Team Leader aware of and informed about any untoward occurrences that may affect the service professionally or administratively, or in other ways.9. To be aware of the Data Protection Act and other relevant legislation in relation to confidentiality and freedom of information.10. To engage in individual performance reviews and continuing professional development, identifying training needs in relation to personal development and development of the post.11. To review with the GP and service manager the post-holders personal workloads and levels of clinical and other activity.12. To undertake any other duties in line with the grade and scope of the post
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Qualification CPN, OT or SW
Skills
Essential
- 2 years experience working in a community mental health setting.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Qualification CPN, OT or SW
Skills
Essential
- 2 years experience working in a community mental health setting.
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
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Additional information
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).
