Primary Care Mental Health Team Leader Neighbourhood 3

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Bromley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join as a Team Leader for the Primary Care Mental Health Team in Bromley. The successful candidate will lead a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high-quality mental health services are delivered effectively while maintaining oversight of assessments and liaising with other care providers.

Qualifications

• Experienced mental health practitioner needed (nurse, social worker, or occupational therapist).
• Ability to lead and coordinate a multi-disciplinary team.
• Understanding of NICE guidelines and evidence-based interventions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a community-based Primary Care Mental Health Team.
• Ensure safe, effective, high-quality services in line with local policies.
• Oversee triage, assessment, and allocation of referrals.

Skills

Leadership

Mental Health Awareness

Team Coordination

Effective Communication

Education

Mental Health Practitioner Qualification (Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist)

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join us as the Team Leader for Primary Care Mental Health Team (PCMHT) Neighbourhood 3 . We are looking for an experienced mental health practitioner; nurse, social worker or occupational therapist.

The team is made of a diverse MDT, we offer teaching sessions, space for reflective practice and an opportunity to be a champion in your chosen areas.

You will be leading the Primary Care Mental Health Team to deliver timely assessments, care planning and evidenced based health and psychosocial care interventions to the adult population in Lewisham with mental health needs. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to oversee the interface directly with partner agencies including Primary Care, Secondary Care and MIND to ensure effective service delivery and discharge planning.

The PCMHT’s are now working directly with Primary Care and sharing the same electronic record system and the successful candidate will receive training. The team works with our newly developed Care Process Model to ensure our patients and carers receive standardised care.

• To lead and co-ordinate the work of an integrated neighbourhood Primary Care Mental Health Team ensuring the provision of safe, effective, high-quality community services in line with statutory requirements and local policies.
• You will directly supervise a muti-disciplinary, multi-agency team of health, social care and voluntary sector professionals operating from a community-based site.
• You will ensure the efficient triage, assessment and allocation of referrals.
• You will maintain an overview of the safe and effective work of the team ensuring the continuous flow of service-users through the system.
• You will ensure and enhance liaison with GP practices to maximise on new and growing links and collaborative working.
• You will oversee safe working practices and effective agile working directives for the team as a whole.
  
  

The PCMHT service offers a wide range of medical, psychosocial and psychological evidence-based interventions in line with NICE guidelines. PCMHT also offers culturally sensitive approaches appropriate for the diverse population which it serves.

The teams are the single point of access for most sources of referrals which they review, triage and assess as indicated. There is also a large advice and consultation function to colleagues in primary care, this includes advice and signposting.

Following assessment some patients will follow the clinical pathway requiring short term support focused on engagement and stabilization (EAS).

As part of the stepped care approach, the service also offers short term psychologically informed interventions and may provide a gateway to more specialist longer-term psychological therapies where indicated.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Charmaine Alexander Job title: Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02032280600

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