Mobile Advanced First-Contact Mental Health Practitioner

NHS Jobs; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is advertising a Peripatetic Advanced First Contact Mental Health Practitioner to support GP Practices across eight Primary Care Networks. The post sits within primary care and provides specialist advice, assessment and solution-focused care to local patients and carers.

You will assess patients who would traditionally see a GP and act as a specialist adviser to GPs, offering prescribing support within the Non-medical prescribing framework.

Qualifications

• Non-medical prescribing accreditation or willingness to study towards it.
• Experience with cognitive behavioural therapy is advantageous.
• Ability to lead partnerships and networks across PCNs and wider mental health services.
• Experience assessing patients with mental health difficulties in primary care.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients who would traditionally see a GP in GP practices.
• Provide specialist advice and support to GPs and primary care teams.
• Manage daily clinics and coordinate interfaces between primary and secondary care.

Skills

Non-medical prescribing

Leadership

Partnership development

Education

Willingness to study towards NMP accreditation

Job description

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is advertising a Peripatetic Advanced First Contact Mental Health Practitioner to support GP Practices across eight Primary Care Networks. The post sits within primary care and provides specialist advice, assessment and solution-focused care to local patients and carers.

You will assess patients who would traditionally see a GP and act as a specialist adviser to GPs, offering prescribing support within the Non-medical prescribing framework.