Gateway Mental Health Practitioner

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

NHS Discount

Lease car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff networking and support groups

Job summary

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Mental Health Practitioner for the Gateway Team in Aylesbury. You will provide high-quality telephone assessments, perform thorough triage and risk assessments, and offer specialist advice to referrers while coordinating safety plans as you await specialist input.

The role involves supporting link worker activities across primary and secondary care, with training provided to partner staff.

Qualifications

• Experience in adult mental health settings.
• Ability to travel between sites within the Trust.
• DBS check required as part of onboarding.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main point of contact within the Gateway, making clinical decisions regarding referrals and providing advice and support to professionals, service users and families.
• Perform comprehensive triage with risk assessment for new referrals.
• Provide specialist advice to referrers and liaise with service users to establish current presentation and safety plans while awaiting assessment.
• Support delivery of link worker provision into primary and secondary care and to staff in partner agencies with consultation and training.
• Assist the Gateway/Team Operational Lead to deliver the service meeting national guidance and local KPIs; support learning and development of new team members.

Skills

Clinical decisions

Triage

Risk assessment

Telephone assessments

Consultation

Training delivery

Travel required

Education

Qualified Mental Health Practitioner

Job description

Do you want to work in a fast paced clinical environment supporting those with urgent mental health challenges?

We're recruiting a Mental Health Practitioner specialising in Adult mental health to join the Gateway Team in Aylesbury!

We are looking for autonomous, driven, and confident practitioner(s). You will have the opportunity for continuing professional development (CPD), with scope to influence service innovation and development. You will also provide high-quality comprehensive telephone assessments for those identified as needing mental health support within a secondary mental health setting.

This is an exciting chance to develop your career and skills set in a highly innovative and transformative service.

• Serve as the main point of contact within the Gateway, making clinical decisions regarding referrals and providing advice and support to professionals, service users, and families
• Perform comprehensive triage functions in line with the Trusted Assessor Model, including risk assessment and evaluation of new referrals
• Provide specialist advice to referrers and liaise with service users to establish their current presentation, offer advice, and formulate management and safety plans while they await specialist assessment
• Support the delivery of high-quality link worker provision into primary care, secondary mental health services, social care partners, community-based resources, and the voluntary sector, including providing consultation and training to staff in various agencies
• Assist the Gateway/Team Operational Lead in delivering the service, ensuring it meets national guidance and local key performance indicators, and support the learning and development of new team members

The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.

Please note that this role will require us to undertake a DBS check as a part of your onboarding.

Oxford Health is a great place to work.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team

Our values are: Caring, safe and excellent

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.