Primary Care MH Hub Lead Clinician

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom seeks a qualified Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist to lead mental health services in primary care. The role involves facilitating assessments and collaborating with community partners to provide holistic support for patients. Successful candidates will possess experience in community mental health and commitment to high-quality care. The position offers excellent career progression, professional development, flexible working options, and comprehensive benefits including a competitive pension scheme and annual leave entitlement.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Competitive pension scheme

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Proficient in mental health assessments.
• Experience working in integrated care settings.
• Strong communication skills and team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support mental health services in primary care.
• Facilitate mental health and strengths-based assessments.
• Ensure robust relationships with community services.

Skills

Proactive and passionate

Experience in community mental health

Ability to provide high-quality holistic care

Education

Qualified Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist

Job description

Are you proactive and passionate about innovation and providing a high-quality holistic approach to the care of people who need mental health support? Do you want to work in an integrated setting in primary care to improve access to support for people with mental health issues? As part of our services across Oxfordshire we are implementing Primary Care Mental Health hubs to support GP practices with Mental Health assessment and support for patients in their communities. As the lead clinician you will work with a team of mental health professionals, Peer Support Workers and 3rd sector partners to provide the initial mental health intervention for 2-3 PCNs. We will be offering training and development to all our Hub staff to ensure they are able to provide a trusted assessor role, as well as being supported to apply for formal training currently being offered from HEE to provide psychological interventions for people with SMI. If you recognise the longstanding gap between Primary Care and traditional secondary care mental health services for patients and are an experienced community Mental Health Nurse or OT and really want to make a difference and close the gap we look forward to receiving your application.

Key Responsibilities and Opportunities

• Contribute to delivering and co‑developing the primary care mental health service model. This includes care pathways for the provision of integrated physical and mental health care in a designated Primary Care Network within Oxfordshire.
• Work closely with, and provide day‑to‑day support and guidance to, the Primary Care mental health team which will include Peer Support Workers, Partnership workers, Psychological therapists and Assistant Psychologists, admin and others connecting people to appropriate community and voluntary sector support.
• Facilitate mental health and “strengths‑based” assessments in primary care and support the Primary Care Team in accessing appropriate level of services.
• Accept referrals directly from primary care via an agreed route, promote early assessment/treatment, and ensure robust relationships and links with other community‑based services.

Additional Information

• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust‑wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering three years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential.
• All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Oxford is a world‑renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary Care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing.

Benefits

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust‑wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

About the Trust

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people. We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our values are: Caring, safe and excellent. At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing.