Primary Care Mental Health Liaison Practitioner (GP+)

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health provider in England seeks a candidate to join their primary care teams, providing assessments and interventions for individuals with mental health needs. The role offers comprehensive training, generous holiday entitlement, and one of the best NHS pension schemes in the UK. Join a passionate team where staff feel they make a difference in the lives of service users. Excellent benefits including special leave and an employee assistance programme are available.

Benefits

27 days holiday (rising to 33)

NHS Car Lease Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Leadership and management training

Qualifications

• Experience of working with individuals with mental health needs.
• Ability to assess risk regarding access to secondary mental health services.
• Core member of primary care teams using specialist mental health knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and brief interventions.
• Work alongside GPs and primary care professionals.
• Develop links between Primary Care Teams and HPFT services.

Skills

Knowledge of mental health needs

Assessment skills

Team collaboration

Job description

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country. Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services. The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout.

The successful candidate will:

• provide assessments and brief interventions
• work alongside various professional groups including GPs, other primary care professionals and wider community agencies
• have knowledge and experience of working with individuals with mental health needs
• undertake assessments of individuals and their families within primary care including the assessment of risk in order to consider access or re‑access to secondary mental health services
• be a core member of primary care teams within a defined area, using specialist mental health knowledge
• develop links and foster a culture of partnership between Primary Care Teams and HPFT Adult Mental Health Services.

In return, we can offer you:

• leadership and management training
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Special leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
• Employee Assistance Programme

Our staff survey results tell a story of highly engaged, motivated, passionate people working at HPFT. The survey has shown that staff overwhelmingly believe that their role makes a difference to service users, to the extent that HPFT had the best score nationally for this question.