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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical Specialist - Nurse (fixed term/secondment - 12 months) to work into Stockton Primary Care Network (PCN) to support the needs of the local population living with mental health difficulties. This post supports people in primary care settings and working in a collaborative and multiagency way to meet the needs of patients with a range of mental health needs.

The post will sit within the GP practices and will offer assessment, diagnosis and treatment and review for both working age adults and older people. The role will be offering specialist mental health clinical care. The role will also offer networking expertise and navigation to a range of specialist mental health supports to ensure each person once assessed receives the best possible care in the right place at the right time by the right supporting service.

Candidates should have extensive clinical knowledge and experience across a range of mental health settings. Candidates  will need to hold or be willing to work towards a prescribing qualification and be able to offer diagnosis and treatment plans across all  mental health conditions and presentations.  Experience in leading meetings, presentation skills and offering training and education to professionals across a range of specialities will be essential.

Main duties of the job

Work with patients who have a severe mental illness and/or complex emotional needs who do not meet the criteria for secondary care services and are too complex for IAPT services to support shared decision-making about self-management; facilitate onward access to treatment services; and provide brief evidence-based psychological interventions, where qualified to do so,  where the intervention can be safely offered outside of a multi-disciplinary mental health team

Work closely with other PCN-based roles to address wider patient needs, e.g. PCN clinical pharmacists for medication reviews, and social prescribing link workers for access to community-based support

Operate without the need for formal referral from GPs, including accepting some direct bookings where appropriate

Provide a consultation, advice, triage and liaison function, supported by the local community mental health provider through robust clinical governance structures to maintain quality and safety, including supervision where appropriate

Provide clinical leadership to other ARRS mental health practitioner roles, such as Mental Health and Wellbeing Coaches

Working for our organisation

You will be employed by TEWV but will be 100% deployed into the PCN. Support will be given to you by both the PCN and other staff that work in the Tees Valley PCN Service within TEWV. Other members of the team are an Associate Nurse Consultant, Team Manager, Advanced Mental Health Practitioners, Senior Mental Health Practitioner and Mental Health and Wellbeing Coaches.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).  Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.

Please note that not everyone needs a ‘Skilled Worker’ visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.

We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply.  If you are in the UK already on a visa please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.