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An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in the Primary Care Mental Health Team (PCMHT). We are looking for an experienced mental health practitioner; nurse, social worker, psychologist or occupational therapist to join the team.

From working in the team you will be able to gain more knowledge of completing triage assessments, having a caseload and offering short term interventions. 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 working as part of a Primary Care Mental Health Team to deliver timely assessments, care planning and evidence based health and psychosocial care interventions to the adult population in Lewisham with mental health needs. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to 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.

• Support the team with overall management of referrals, providing timely screening, triage and trusted assessments for patients with a wide range of mental disorder.
• Be professionally accountable for delivering a range of evidence based psycho-social interventions for a specific case list.
• Work in collaboration with our partner agencies and the MDT to provide a range of interventions to support service users to stay well within their local communities including psychological, social prescribing and medication advice and management.
• Work with patients and carers using evidence based tool to inform care planning to support engagement with treatment and appropriate services.
• Support family and carers with the management of risk and to escape all risk concerns as required ensuring that there is clear communication of risk to all involved with care.
• Develop a close relationship with Primary Care practices with the PCN, attending practice meetings and effective communication.

The Primary Care Mental Health Teams are an integrated service providing support in primary care for people experiencing complex mental health problems. The service consists of a multidisciplinary team of mental health practitioners including psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, employment specialists, occupational therapists and psychologists who work in a recovery focused way, using a strengths-based approach based on individual needs rather than diagnosis.

• Generous pay, pensions and leave; we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development: we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Car lease: our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars.
• Accommodation: our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites.
• NHS discounts: with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Olufemi Ayetiran Job title: Team Lead Email address: Olufemi.Ayetiran@slam.nhs.uk Telephone number: 02032289200

Please note the proposed interview date is subject to change.