Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners (Mental Health Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme) - Airedale/Wharfedale - Modality PCN

This role is an exciting opportunity for a registered band 6 mental health professional (Nurse, Social Worker or OT) to work in a dynamic way across primary and secondary care to bring together mental health pathways and support the understanding of mental health within primary care. The role will provide holistic assessment of services users linking people into the community and VSCE resources as well as providing seamless transition into secondary care if it is needed. The role will also form part of multidisciplinary meetings held by GP Practices within primary care.

The primary care mental health service is expanding and is a key component to our community mental health transformation. It is envisaged that the role will closely link to the community transformation of mental health and the core team that is being established to work with Wave 1 and 2 primary care networks. The role will link to a specific primary care network and work closely with the practices aligned to that network. The successful candidate will be based in GP sites within the PCN during working hours.

For further queries contact:

Usman Ali (Team Leader) on 07712238140 | usman.ali@bdct.nhs.uk

Closing date- 27th March 2023

Shortlist Date- 28th March 2023

Interview Date- 6th April 2023

Main duties of the job

-To actively promote better understanding and knowledge of mental health and wellbeing within primary care to enable the MDT to provide integrated and holistic offers of support.

-To take a lead on providing specialist assessment of service users with mental health problems within the primary care setting

-To provide effective signposting based on a holistic assessment of an indivduals needs making use of a range of resources and services to include VCSE and community based organisations

-To provide evidence based, time limited interventions where appropriate and within scope of professional practice and experience

-When required, to facilitate swift and seamless transition into other mental health services such as MWBC, CMHT etc,

-To work collaborative with secondary mental health services to support effective transitions of service users from secondary mental health services to primary care

-To work collaboratively with service users and their families to:a. support shared decision-making around their care and support working on strengths and assets;b. promote recovery and self care

-To inform and influence the ongoing development of new and innovative models of support within primary care and secondary mental health service

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Additional cost of living payments for bands 1 - 7

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities

Date posted

10 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

453-23-5115287

Job locations

Multiple positions across Bradford including Airedale/Keighley

Bradford

BD4 9QA


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for further information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for further information about this role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working with and holding a caseload of indivduals with serious mental health problems
  • Previous experience of working autonomously; assessing, developing care plans and managing risk within a community setting
  • Previous experience of working collaboratively within an MDT
  • Previous experience of service development, quality improvement and of bringing innovation and new ideas to practice
  • Previous experience delivering biopsychosocial mental health interventions
  • Previous experience of co ordinating care and signposting to relevant agencies and services

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Professional in either Nursing (Mental Health), Social Work or Occupational Therapy, with current registration with NMC, Social Work England or HCPC.
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working with and holding a caseload of indivduals with serious mental health problems
  • Previous experience of working autonomously; assessing, developing care plans and managing risk within a community setting
  • Previous experience of working collaboratively within an MDT
  • Previous experience of service development, quality improvement and of bringing innovation and new ideas to practice
  • Previous experience delivering biopsychosocial mental health interventions
  • Previous experience of co ordinating care and signposting to relevant agencies and services

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Professional in either Nursing (Mental Health), Social Work or Occupational Therapy, with current registration with NMC, Social Work England or HCPC.
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent 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.

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

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

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Multiple positions across Bradford including Airedale/Keighley

Bradford

BD4 9QA


Employer's website

https://www.bdct.nhs.uk/current-vacancies/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Multiple positions across Bradford including Airedale/Keighley

Bradford

BD4 9QA


Employer's website

https://www.bdct.nhs.uk/current-vacancies/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader

Usman Ali

usman.ali@bdct.nhs.uk

07712238140

Date posted

10 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

453-23-5115287

Job locations

Multiple positions across Bradford including Airedale/Keighley

Bradford

BD4 9QA


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