Primary Care Mental Health Liaison Practitioner

Tokitan.TV; Bognor Regis; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization seeks a Primary Care Mental Health Liaison Practitioner in Bognor Regis. The role involves working within GP surgeries to support individuals with mild to moderate mental health issues, providing assessments and interventions. Join a team dedicated to enhancing community mental health services and supporting ongoing professional development.

Benefits

Fully funded lifelong learning opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health qualification or equivalent required.
• Experience with clinical work and managing a caseload.
• Qualified to conduct assessments, including risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Liaise between primary and secondary care mental health services.
• Provide interventions such as CBT sessions to patients.
• Manage a defined caseload and complete initial assessments.

Skills

Mental Health Qualification

Clinical Assessment Skills

CBT Informed Interventions

Experience in Partnership Working

Education

Registered Mental Health Qualification

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Primary Care Mental Health Liaison Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area

Mental health

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 6

Contract

Permanent

Hours

• Full time
• Part time
  
  

37.5 hours per week (37.5)

Job ref

354-AC-21020-J

Site

Bedale Centre

Town

Bognor Regis

Salary

£37,338 - £44,962 PA / pro rata for part time

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

15/06/2025 23:59

Come and join us

We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job Overview

The Bognor Assessment & Treatment Service is a community mental health team which supports people living with a severe and enduring mental illness. The MHLP team is part of the Bognor Assessment and Treatment Service and work as liaison between the ATS and GP Surgeries. The post holder will work within GP surgeries and will be the liaison and link between primary care and secondary care services.

We are looking for an experienced Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner (Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist and Social Worker) to work within GP Surgeries to provide 6-8 sessions of CBT informed or psycho educational intervention to people with moderate mental health problems. The successful applicant will also be responsible for completing initial assessments and liaising with GP's, IAPT services, local agencies and signposting to third sector services.

Main duties of the job

Working As An MHLP Includes

• Working autonomously to a defined caseload of clients diagnosed with mild to moderate mental health problems. This will include offering specific interventions such as psycho-education, CBT informed sessions and short term recovery focused interventions
• You will complete initial assessments and work closely with our referrals coordinators, GP's and other agencies.
• Your interventions will be a pre-defined offer of 6-8 sessions.
• You are welcome to co-facilitate groups if you have an interest in this area.
  
  

Working for our organisation

What You Will Receive From Us

• We are a friendly and supportive team that meets regularly to ensure you feel safe and supported.
• We offer several MDT meetings per week to ensure support is available for complex case discussions.
• You will receive regular managerial supervision and be offered the opportunity to supervise junior staff.
• You will also have access to regular clinical supervision and support from our Community Leads
• We actively encourage people to think about their development and career goals, and will support you to complete further training.
• To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID.
  
  

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

To work as part of the secondary care mental health service, acting as a link clinician to primary care teams. Clinical work will be carried out within primary care settings.

To work with GPs and primary care teams, specifically colleagues in IAPT (Time to talk), providing support, advice, consultation and shared care for adults, regardless of age and diagnosis, presenting with a functional mental illness, to enable safe management of clients within primary care.

To work in partnership with GPs and other primary care colleagues around individual patients and to work jointly with them to develop care plans for the client.

To assess individuals with complex presentations, prior to referral to secondary care and if required, directing them into the appropriate specialist service within secondary care ensuring they are not passed

between services.

To maintain a close working relationship with local secondary care teams, keeping them informed of developments within primary care.

To build up professional relationships within Primary Care to allow effective development of care pathways within localities.

To work closely with secondary care colleagues, using their expertise where necessary, to ensure an appropriate response, particularly, but not exclusively from medical colleagues.

To ensure and keep updated a comprehensive knowledge of local resources and services available and how to access these and provide this information to practices and specialist teams as requested.

To provide comprehensive and accurate information on the role of the Primary Care Mental Health Liaison Practitioner, local resources and services to GPs, primary care teams, secondary care teams,

service users and third sector agencies.

To work to early intervention principles and provide assessments for service users with more complex presentations identified in consultation with GPs.

To organise, provide and coordinate formal and informal training to GPs and primary care teams on topics relating to mental health as agreed with GPs and PBCs, in order to further enhance the skills of the staff in the diagnosis and management of mental health disorders.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health qualification or equivalent
• Up to date Registration
• Post Basic Courses / relevant Study Days
• Evidence of CPD
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• post-qualifying experience of clinical work with people with a range of mental health problems
• Experience of partnership working within and across various different statutory and non- statutory teams and agencies
• Experience of successfully managing a caseload and prioritising clinical work
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people with a variety of mental health problems.
• Experience of working consultatively with professionals
• Experienced in conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments.
  
  

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Mental Health Liaison Practitioner JD (PDF, 242.7KB)
• Privacy Notice (PDF, 127.7KB)
• DBS Policy Statement (PDF, 231.7KB)
  
  

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Marylinda Gororo

Job title

Service Manager

Email address

Telephone number

0300 304 0400

Additional information

For further details / informal visits contact: We would welcome visits and conversations about the post. Please contact Marylinda Gororo Service Manager on 0300 304 0400 or email me on

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