Special Allocations Scheme (SAS) Primary Care Mental Health Nurse

The SAS Primary Care Mental Health Nurse is a core clinical role within Bevan Community Benefit Society's Special Allocation Scheme SAS, a specialist GP led primary care service supporting patients who face barriers to accessing mainstream healthcare. The SAS cohort includes individuals with significant unmet mental health need, trauma, safeguarding concerns, neurodiversity, substance misuse and social exclusion., Provide comprehensive mental health assessments, formulation and ongoing therapeutic input for SAS patients, using trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming and evidence-based approaches.

Deliver proactive stabilisation and engagement to reduce crisis escalation and support sustained patient contact.

Identify, assess and manage clinical and behavioural risk, maintaining clear professional boundaries and escalating appropriately to the SAS GP/ACPs as needed.

Recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns, contributing to multi-agency safeguarding processes and information sharing.

Work collaboratively within the SAS multidisciplinary team, providing specialist mental health advice to support the management of complex presentations.

Liaise with community mental health teams, crisis services, social care, police, ambulance services and third-sector partners to ensure coordinated care.

Provide crisis triage for SAS patients prior to crisis team or another appropriate response/referral as required.

Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care and to other statutory and voluntary organisations.

Provides and promotes evidence-based care in line with appropriate clinical guidelines and works within clinical protocols, professional guidelines and codes of conduct.

Works within all relevant policies and procedural guidelines., Our team includes GPs, Public Health Doctors, ANPs, Practice Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, Paramedics, Occupational Therapists, Wellbeing Mentors and Support Workers, all dedicated to delivering compassionate, person-centred care. A skilled business administration team ensures smooth service operations.

Together, we work collaboratively to address the complex needs of our patients, many with trauma, mental health issues, homelessness or addiction. Our holistic approach is informed by the social determinants of health model, enables responsive, effective care benefitting individuals and the wider system.

Operating as a Community Benefit Society (CBS), we reinvest all profits into services delivering our vision: Health, Hope, and Humanity for All.

Bevan is an award-winning, employee-owned, profit-for-purpose social enterprise delivering inclusive health and wellbeing services to some of the most marginalised individuals and communities across Yorkshire. We believe no one should be denied healthcare due to their means or circumstances.