Mental Health Nurse Clinical Lead Primary Care Mental Health

The successful candidate will join our Primary Care Mental Health (PCMH) service, which bridges the gap between NHS Talking Therapies and Community Mental Health Services. The service provides triage, assessment, signposting, referral and brief NICE guidance interventions delivered through a person-centered and recovery focused model.

The Primary Care Mental Health Team is made up of skilled clinicians who are responsible for developing and improving services for people with common mental health problems in primary care.

The successful candidate will work closely with Primary, Secondary and Specialist Care Teams, ensuring that individuals with mental health problems are stepped up/down and receive care and treatment appropriate to their individual needs.

Main duties of the job

• The role will include carrying a clinical case load and clinically managing Primary Care Mental Health Nurses, supported by the Team Manager, PAN Trust PCMH Clinical Lead.


• Deliver and receive clinical supervision and annual Personal Development Conversations (PDC).


• To work closely with the PAN Trust (PCMH) Clinical Lead to contribute to the development of evidence based practice with the main aim being to reduce clinical risk and optimise wellbeing.


• Offer training and advice to other professionals both internal and external to the organisation


• All staff are required to undertake specific administrative and preceptor tasks; including record keeping, inputting activity data, audit and participating within business and service development meetings.


• To implement and evaluate and ensure maintenance of clinical standards within the team.


• To undertake and develop clinical assessment, triage and brief interventions.
  
  Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse with a passion for making a positive impact on people's lives?


Does improving access to high quality, innovative and compassionate services for people with mental health needs drive you?

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a motivated Band 7 Clinical Lead nurse to join our Primary Care Mental Health Team in Sandwell - working M-F 9am to 5pm

Essential Criteria

NMC Registered Nurse in Mental Health

Significant post registration experience of working in the community mental health services/primary mental health care,
• Entry on a register held by NMC (Sub Part1 Registered Nurse Mental Health


• Experience in offering and delivering evidence based interventions


• Post registration experience of working in the community mental health services/primary mental health care


• Experience of teaching and supervising others


Desirable criteria

• ENB 998 or equivalent


• Post graduate diploma in evidenced based psychological therapies, delivering evidence based interventions: 1 year (preferred)


• community or primary care: 1 year (preferred)


Licence/Certification:

• RMN (required)
  
  At Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, we're building a high-calibre, diverse and inclusive mental health workforce. One that will give talented professionals like you the opportunity to shape an outstanding service that will transform community mental healthcare and deliver happier and healthier lives all across our communities.


The Trust is rated 'Good' from CQC (Care Quality Commission) and will become the lead provider for mental health services across The Black Country . We have recently invested in newly created clinical divisions and are currently developing new models of integrated primary and secondary care for adults and older adults, as well launching a far-reaching inpatient strategy, working to eradicate dormitories and building new facilities.

This ambitious model is multi-agency and multi-disciplinary, opening the door for you to work in a collaborative and flexible way with partners, service users, carers and their families.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £43,742.00-£50,056.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave


• Bereavement leave


• Canteen


• Childcare


• Company car


• Company events


• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Discounted or free food


• Employee discount


• Employee mentoring programme


• Enhanced maternity leave


• Enhanced paternity leave


• Flexitime


• Free flu jabs


• Free or subsidised travel


• Health & wellbeing programme


• On-site parking


• Referral programme


• Relocation assistance


• Sick pay


• Store discount


• Transport links


Schedule:

• 10 hour shift


• 12 hour shift


• 8 hour shift


• Day shift


• Monday to Friday


Ability to commute/relocate:

• Oldbury: reliably commute or be willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (required)