First Contact Mental Health Practitioner

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 16,000; Part time

Job summary

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is offering a part-time First Contact Mental Health Practitioner role based in primary care within the Filey and Scarborough Healthier Communities Network. The post focuses on early access, triage, and brief interventions, with clinical supervision provided by a B7 Mental Health Practitioner.

You will collaborate with practice teams to enable safe transitions, improve access to mental health support across the community, and help ensure that people

Qualifications

• Qualified mental health professional with a focus on first contact work.
• Experience in triage and psychological assessment is desirable.
• Able to provide brief interventions under supervision.

Responsibilities

• Conduct triage, brief assessments and reviews in primary care.
• Provide brief interventions and support transitions in care.
• Collaborate with practice colleagues to navigate patients to appropriate services.

Skills

Triage and assessment

Communication skills

Clinical care delivery

Education

Relevant mental health qualification

Job description

An exciting part time (15 hours) opportunity has arisen for a First Contact Mental Health Practitioner to work within primary care within the Filey & Scarborough Healthier Communities Network.
After the successful introduction of our initial first contact mental health practitioner, we aspire to expand the service with a further innovative offer.
In this attractive, flexible, role the post holder has opportunity of working within general practice with the benefit of bank holidays!
This role is fundamental to the development of inclusive & integrated mental health services., The successful post-holder will work in partnership with practice colleagues in joining an ambitious locality network that is committed to developing a strong, caring, and compassionate multidisciplinary workforce.
As a valued team member, you will develop close working relationships with all our friendly Clinical staff. Your role will involve offering specialist mental health advice and providing clinical care for people with a range of mental health needs, ensuring that those with mental illness do not fall between gaps in services.
You will also contribute to safe and effective transitions in care between Adult Mental Health services, where appropriate. You will improve access by being a ' first contact mental health worker', undertaking triage, assessments, brief interventions, and reviews, with clinical supervision provided by a B7 Mental Health Practitioner. You will contribute to networking and navigation expertise, enabling access to a range of appropriate mental health support across the community system.
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.