PCN CYPMH Practitioner

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; South Ockendon; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Mental Health Practitioner, where you will play a crucial role in transforming community mental health services. In this dynamic position, you'll work closely with a multi-disciplinary team to assess and manage patients, providing evidence-based interventions to support children and young people facing mental health challenges. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive work environment, this is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact in the community. Embrace the chance to grow your career while contributing to the well-being of those in need.

Benefits

Flexible working

Compressed hours

Supportive working environment

Health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience in community mental health settings and caseload management.
• Qualified Mental Health Practitioner with relevant registrations.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage patients using expert knowledge in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Provide clinical support and advice to young people with mental health difficulties.

Skills

Community Mental Health Experience

Caseload Management

Therapeutic Interventions

Communication Skills

Education

Qualified & Registered Mental Health Practitioner

Registered with relevant governing body

Job description

Main area Mental Health Grade Band 7 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term (12 months) ASOP PCN Thurrock) Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (Fixed Term (12 months) ASOP PCN Thurrock) Job ref 395-EC086-25

Site ASOP PCN Thurrock Town Thurrock Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata (plus HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 18/03/2025 23:59

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our Thurrock PCN for 12 months fixed term.

As part of the NHS long term plan, local areas were asked to realign community mental health services with primary care networks, creating new and integrated models of primary and community mental health care.

PCN's aim to:

• Have a key co-ordinating role at the heart of the GP practices and are a fully integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team with regards to response and management pathways
• Provide a combined consultation, advice, triage and liaison function in accordance with agreed protocols
• Support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems through evidence-based interventions.

The Mental Health Senior Practitioner will be responsible for the assessment and caseload management of clinicians within their GP PCN. They will triage cases, complete a full assessment and manage their workstream. There will manage a caseload of CYP with mild to moderate MH needs. The post holder will work closely with operation manager and Clinical & Strategic Lead, to ensure effective delivery of the new PCN initiative in Essex.

Main duties of the job

This CYP MH Practitioner post is a new post to support the development and delivery of the PCN service in Essex. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the delivery of evidence-based low intensity interventions in GP services, supporting liaison between professionals. Working in partnership with GP's to support children, young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties.

• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to assess and manage patients using expert knowledge
• To assist in the assessment of new patients with subsequent production and completion of individual care plans
• To provide specialist clinical support and advice to young people with mental health difficulties
• To work with patients to support engagement with appropriate services and treatment which may include onward referral to secondary mental health services or signposting to other mental health services, voluntary services and support groups
• To educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary
• To be responsible for the day-to-day planning of personal workloads
• To follow departmental policies procedures and guidelines
• To liaise with the practices and, where practicable, to standardise referral processes across the PCN
• To triage and also receive referrals and directed patients from within the PCN
• To communicate effectively with patients, recognising the need for varying methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating

Person specification

Experience

• Experience of working in community mental health settings.
• Experience of working with community settings
• Experience of caseload management

Qualification

• Qualified & Registered Mental Health Practitioner, Psychologist, Family Therapist, Drama Therapist, Psychotherapist, Nurse, CBT Therapist, Educational Psychologist.
• Registered with the relevant governing body (e.g., NMC, BABCP, UKCP etc...)

Therapy

• Experience of therapeutic interventions
• CAMHS
• CBT

Equal opportunities employer

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.