Senior Mental Health Practitioner - GY&W Primary Care Network

Are you an experienced Mental Health Practitioner looking to work autonomously, in a forward thinking, fast paced environment?

Whether you are a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Mental Health Occupational Therapist or Mental Health Social Worker, this is the ideal challenge for someone who is looking to make a difference in Gorleston.

Gorleston Primary Care Network is made up of the following General Practices: Millwood Medical Practice and The Beaches Medical Centre and their small surgeries across the catchment area.

you will work alongside an experienced Lead Mental Health Practitioner. We are a collaborative team and work closely with all those who are based at the Practices. There will a period of induction, orientation and shadowing of other MHPs and there are regular opportunities to access relevant training.

Our Primary Care Network (PCN) Service for Mental Health has been developed to provide access to Mental Health Services in Primary Care as part of an integrated health and care system, which brings care closer to home for our population.

Gorleston Primary Care Network are passionate about developing their mental health provision, they are proactive and enthusiastic and need a forward thinking, driven Mental Health Practitioner to help them achieve their aspirations., As a PCN mental Health Practitioner you will work across the interface between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health Services undertaking the planning and delivery of direct patient care.

The ideal candidate will have an interest and experience in a mental health setting, you will have good organisational skills as you will need to manage your own workload, as well as offering support and advice to other health care professionals. You will be an autonomous practitioner, making clinical judgements, identifying alternative courses of action and providing high quality care.

We are committed to training, continuous development and ensuring all members of the team can access resources to help them to develop and progress. When you join us, you can expect to be supported from the start, you'll spend time with our community teams learning about the different roles they have as well as shadowing other members of the Primary Care Network.

If you are excellent at building relationships, a great communicator and feel confident making working within a Primary Care Setting, then we would love to hear from you.

At Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, inclusion is at the heart of how we work. We are committed to creating a fair, transparent and accessible recruitment process where every candidate has the opportunity to succeed.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds, particularly those currently underrepresented in our workforce, including those from the global majority. We recognise that not everyone has equal access to opportunities and are working to address this.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and ensuring all candidates receive a positive and equitable experience.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.