Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Basildon; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities and opps

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Opportunity to work bank shifts

Salary Sacrifice schemes including leа

Day One Flexible Employer

Job summary

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner (Band 6) on a fixed-term 9-month maternity cover, based in Basildon. The role sits within Primary Care with joint work alongside VitaHealth Group to deliver a seamless community service.

You will triage patients, work within a multidisciplinary team, and ensure safe clinical practice aligned with NHS standards.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in primary care/ community mental health.
• Knowledge of NHS care standards.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide a seamless service to aid the patient’s recovery and wellbeing in the community.
• Work with the GP, Primary Care team and Consultant Psychiatrists to support patients in the most appropriate clinical environment.
• Ensure safe clinical practice and maintain Care Quality Commission standards at all times.
• Triage patients and facilitate them receiving the most appropriate support for their needs.
• Deliver services that support clinical and practice governance.
• Support the team’s continuous improvement in the quality of their service while safeguarding high standards of care.
• Provide and undertake detailed physical health investigations such as BMI, blood pressure and blood tests as appropriate.

Skills

Mental health care

Community care

Job description

Job Overview

Fixed term contract - 9 months maternity cover

Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

Band 6

Base - Basildon and Brentwood

We are looking for a Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner to support the way forward in the delivery of Community Mental Health Services. The post will be hosted by Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) with day today management within Primary Care, however the post holder will be working jointly with VitaHealth Group to provide a seamless service for this locality.

Main duties of the job

• Provide a seamless service in order to aid the Patient’s recovery and Well‑being plans in the community.
• Work in conjunction with the GP, Primary Care team and Consultant Psychiatrists to ensure that patients are supported in the most appropriate clinical practice environment from a Multi-disciplinary perspective.
• Ensure safe Clinical Practice takes place, maintaining Care Quality Commission standards at all times and in line with the NHS Constitution.
• Triage patients and facilitate them receiving the most appropriate support for their needs ensuring people are not passed around the system.
• Deliver effective and safe services which support the key elements of
• Clinical/Practice governance.
• As the Primary Care model develops, the post holder will focus on supporting the team’s continuous improvement in the quality of their service, whilst safeguarding and maintaining a high standard of care by creating an environment in which excellence will flourish.
• Provide and undertake detailed Physical Health investigations such BMI, Blood Pressure and request Blood Test as appropriate .

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non‐clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.

Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [e-mail] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre‑employment checks.

Please note -

staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.