Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner5

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in West Yorkshire is looking for experienced mental health professionals to join their Primary Care Mental Health Team. The role involves hybrid working across GP practices and community settings, providing assessments and interventions for service users with complex mental health needs. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience in mental health assessments. The organization values diversity and offers opportunities for professional development, comprehensive support, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

27 - 33 days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Employee wellbeing support

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in mental health (RMN, OT, Social Worker).
• Experience in mental health assessments and service user interactions.
• Understanding of mental health inequalities and local social determinants.

Responsibilities

• Link with GP practices and community mental health teams.
• Provide mental health assessments and support to users.
• Facilitate communication with stakeholders for service development.

Skills

Experience of working in partnership with service users

Specialist mental health and risk assessment

Clinical communication skills

Organizational skills under pressure

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or equivalent qualification

Job description

All references should be directed through the Employers HR Department wherever possible to comply with NHS Check Standards. Please ensure that a HR address / email is provided for each referee named. Job overview We are seeking mental health professionals from a registered core profession (RMN, OT, Social worker) to join us for an exciting opportunity to be part of the ongoing development of the Primary Care Mental Health Team within the new Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service, in partnership with both statutory and third sector services. This post offers hybrid working and will involve a mixture of working within GP surgeries, community mental health team base and home working within a locality hub. The team takes a transdiagnostic approach to mental health care, with the aim of using a helpful conversation and biopsychosocial assessment approach to identify and formulate the patient’s difficulties. We work alongside the patient to explore their current experiences in relation to their mental health, identify their current goals and priorities, and consider what support may be helpful to best achieve these. This can include identifying existing services which may be of benefit to the patient and supporting referrals to these or using psychoeducation and / or practical coping strategies and skills to support the patient with symptom management.As a team, we value unique skills, specialisms, and professional interests. The successful candidate will be expected to work autonomously and as part of a team and will be offered appropriate training and support to develop their skills, alongside robust clinical supervision. Main duties of the job The Locality Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners will be linked to a locality hub, with defined GP practices and community mental health teams, to provide a specialist mental health clinical role to support service users with complex mental health issues. The post holder will provide access to mental health assessment, risk assessment, and brief intervention to prevent deterioration in mental health requiring a referral to secondary mental health services. The post holder will also provide access to triage, assessment and decision support for primary care colleagues to ensure that service users with complex mental health needs access the correct pathway and intervention to meet their needs. This will build upon Leeds’ vision for the development of a new mental health framework for care in Leeds wrapping specialist mental health clinical knowledge and skills into primary and community settings, under the Community Mental Health Transformation Project. Working for our organisation The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Ensure effective communication systems are in place and used appropriately Full participation in appropriate meetings. Take responsibility for positively engaging service users and carers in all aspects of care delivery and evaluation. Support the development of networks with staff working in other agencies that provide services to service users with complex mental health needs, liaising with a range of staff and clinicians in primary and community health services, social care, independent and third sector. The post holder will report directly to the Band 6 Locality Primary Care Mental Health Specialist, and be accountable to the Locality Manager.Will be able to adapt to barriers in communication that Service Users may present with e.g. emotional, psychological and physical, utilising a high level of expertise in communication skills.

• Recognised professional qualification RMN, RN (Mental Health), OT, Social Worker
• Will maintain current specific professional and legal standards of practice in accordance with professional codes of conduct.
• Experience of working in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies.
• Experience in undertaking specialist mental health and risk assessment, will demonstrate that these skills are maintained and shares those skills with other team members.
• Will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the national and local mental health and social care agenda and be able contribute to service development initiatives.
• Will be skilled in all aspects of clinical communication including the maintenance of accurate recordsWork actively to reduce mental health inequalities, by applying your knowledge of social determinants of mental health in Leeds and how some communities are at greater risk of poor mental health To provide advice, support and information to service users and carers.
• To support the development of links with partner agencies
• To provide supervision where appropriate to more junior staff and students.
• To offer consultation, advice and decision support to primary care colleagues.
• To use expert judgement and analytical skills in all areas of clinical practice and decision making, in line with Professional codes of practice Will be able to demonstrate excellent prioritisation and time management skills. Will be able to manage workload effectively under pressure As an inclusive employer, we would actively encourage people of all diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures, who meet the essential criteria to apply, as we are seeking to ensure the workforce is representative of the people of Leeds. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Relevant core professional qualification and registration (eg. RMN, RN (Mental Health) Skills Essential criteria The ability to organize and prioritise own workload under pressure.Ability to undertake holistic mental health, and risk, assessment with service users with mental health needs, formulate effective care plans, relapse prevention interventions and safety plans.