PCN CYPMH Registered Practitioner

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Children's Mental Health Practitioner to join the Colne Valley PCN on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will be part of a fully integrated multi-disciplinary team across GP practices, delivering triage, assessment, and evidence-based brief interventions for CYP with mild to moderate MH needs.

You will work with the operation manager and Clinical & Strategic Lead to ensure delivery of the PCN initiative in Essex, managing a caseload of

Qualifications

• Experience in community child and adolescent mental health services.
• Ability to triage and manage a caseload of CYP with mild–moderate MH needs.
• Delivery of evidence-based brief interventions within primary care settings.

Responsibilities

• Triage cases and complete full assessments.
• Manage a caseload of CYP with mild to moderate MH needs.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary team to deliver agreed pathways.

Skills

Child and adolescent MH

Caseload management

Assessment skills

Triage skills

Intervention delivery

Education

NHS qualified clinician

Job description

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced Childrens Mental Health Practitioner to join our COLNE VALLEY PCN for 12 months fixed term. (This contract is reveiwed yearly) 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. PCN's (Primary Care Networks) are a new service designed to support children and young people. The Mental Health Senior Practitioner will be responsible for the assessment and caseload management within the 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 PCN initiative in Essex. NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.