Primary Care Mental Health Liaison Practitioner
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Watford
Primary Care Mental Health Liaison Practitioner
£41957-£50387
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Watford
- Part time
- Permanent
- Remote working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 8 Aug | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 0891b2cb35b8498aa279b00dfeb281b4
Location ref: Watford
Full Job Description
- To enable other practitioners in Primary Care to develop their skills and confidence in assessment and treatment of particular mental health problems.
- Facilitate joint work between Primary Care and Secondary Care interface and Primary Care/Voluntary Sector to increase range of services/interventions available.
- To develop a close relationship with Primary Care practices, attending practice meetings and having regular informal contact.
- Interventions will be delivered under Primary care governance and policies whilst also maintaining adherence to HPFT Trust policy. For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.
- be a qualified mental health nurse
- provide assessments and brief interventions
- be prepared to work in-person and remotely
- work alongside various professional groups including GPs, other primary care professionals and wider community agencies, Registered mental health nurse
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Completion of Mentorship/preceptorship Course/ENB equivalent, or intention to complete Desirable criteria
- Non-medical prescriber, Post-registration experience
- Previous experience of working in the community/primary care setting
- Experience of working alongside people with complex mental health problems
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments.
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of delivery teaching sessions to colleagues and professionals. Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising staff., Ability to develop effective professional relationships with others
- Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships
- Develop own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development.
- Participate in partnership working with individuals, groups, communities, and agencies
- Ability to formulate community care plans, based on relevant models
- Ability to maintain high standards of recordkeeping, including accurate data entry and recording., Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to communicate clearly and unambiguously
- Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
- Establish and maintain communication with individuals, families, carers, and groups about difficult or complex matters overcoming any differences in communication ANALYTICAL SKILLSEssential criteria
- Able to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals in accordance with professional, ethical guidelines and Trust policies
- Work within the spheres of own professional responsibilities and escalate clinical and operational concerns to senior clinical and operational management in a timely way as and when required., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country. Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services. The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout: Our Trust values are: Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it! Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be? - have knowledge and experience of working with individuals with mental health needs
- undertake assessments of individuals and their families within primary care including the assessment of risk in order to consider access or re-access to secondary mental health services
- be a core member of primary care teams within a defined area, using specialist mental health knowledge
- develop links and foster a culture of partnership between Primary Care Teams and HPFT Adult Mental Health Services. In return, we can offer you:
- leadership and management training
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (maximum £2,011 per annum pro rata)
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
- One of the UK's best pension schemes
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
- Employee Assistance Programme Our staff survey results tell a story of highly engaged, motivated, passionate people working at HPFT. The survey has shown that staff overwhelmingly believe that their role makes a difference to service users, to the extent that HPFT had the best score nationally for this question.
Direct job link
https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/primary-care-mental-health-liaison-practitioner-127165509