Primary Care Mental Health Nurse

The post holder will be working within a busy team alongside a team of registeredmental health nurses and be supported by the Team Manager, SeniorClinical Lead/CBT Practitioner, and team administrators.

Post holders will have a high level of autonomy working across designated GP practices, managing their own clinics and providing mental health assessmentsand evidenced based treatment for people aged over 18. You will provide a service to people who exhibit complex common mental health needs and stable, predictable and enduring serious mental health needs. You will be expected to develop and manage all aspects of their service, such as waiting lists according to local need, working within the parameters of the service operational policy.

A key aspect of this role is GP consultation, liaison, education and training. You will be expected to attend GP practice meetings at least twice a year to discuss the service and actively seek feedback and report any issues to the team leader as well as areas for improvement and any innovative practice for sharing and disseminating. Staff will be expected to autonomously manage high volumes of referrals. Staff are expected to work on their own initiative in a busy and demanding service and to be able manage change effectively., To be the first clinical point of contact for the service, effectively screening assessing and working with service users with complex common mental healthneeds and stable, predictable and enduring serious mental health needs, exercising judgement to identify and assess healthcare needs, and considerrange of options for treatment.

To deliver of Primary care recovery focused Psychological Interventions that meet the need of service users who are too complex and/or not suitable for Talking Therapies yet do not meet the threshold for the Psychological Therapies in Secondary care mental health.

Support Primary care (GP Surgeries) in the management of service users on Depot medication. Depots to be administered by practice nurses. Assist primary care with identifying early warning signs, relapse signatures, follow-up appointments following non-attendance and re-referral back to Secondary Mental Health Services where indicated.

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 6 Mental Health Nurse to join our Primary Care Mental Health Team in Dudley.

Don't miss your opportunity to join a team of highly skilled clinicians working to make a difference in the Black Country.

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-centred and recovery focussed model.

The role of the Primary Care Mental Health Nurse involves working within the team to support adults over the age of 18 years and up, offering both one to one and group evidenced based psychological therapies. The role will include carrying a clinical case load.

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.