Job summary
- Main area
- Primary Care Liaison
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 342-SGLOS041-0424
- Employer
- Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingswood Civic Centre
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 Primary Care Liaison Nurse - Kingswood Civic Centre
Band 6
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 role working in first access services for community mental health services in South Glos. Primary Care Liaison.
This is an exciting time to join community mental health services, with the implementation of the Community Mental Health Framework. We are transforming services to support the development of Primary Care Networks and Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), prioritising personalised care, to improve access to services and streamline care to individuals with mental health problems and severe mental illness.
Our service is looking for motivated and passionate individuals to deliver high quality, evidence-based assessments and interventions to our service users within the South Glos. Locality.
Main duties of the job
As a Specialist Practitioner, you will work within a collaborative team within PCLS, which is one of the frontline first access points to community mental health services. This role will involve the triage and assessment of referrals into our service, giving you the opportunity to develop and utilise a variety of assessment and recovery skills working with adults from 18 years + with a diverse range of mental health needs and mental illness.
Working for our organisation
An opportunity to work with a close-knit team which look out for one-another and promote wellbeing in the workplace through regular social events and team catch-ups.
We offer opportunities to stop, breathe and reflect with optional monthly Reflective Practice sessions.
You will be working in a team that prides itself on providing high quality care and service provision, promoting innovative ways of working in line with the Community Mental Health Framework.
Commitment from the team to invest in you to support your personal developmental goals in addition to offering supervision and coaching with the aim of developing you as a practitioner.
Our service is based at the Kingswood Civic Centre, within the locality of South Gloucestershire. We have a variety of community based mental health services housed all under one roof, which allows for improved collaborative working and accessibility to a diverse range of highly skilled & specialist practitioners. We also have the benefit of free off street parking.
Our operational hours are Monday to Friday offering Flexible Working opportunities to provide a healthy work-life balance
On-site shadowing opportunities for you with our colleagues in The Intensive Support Team, Recovery services, Early Intervention team, Community Mental Health Team for Later Life to encourage collaborative working, allowing you to build relations and broaden your horizons.
Supervision to ensure continuous professional development and on-going support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Primary Care Liaison Team provide rapid access to credible mental health expertise for GP’s, Primary care staff and other referring agents requiring support and specialist mental health advice.
This ensures that patients in primary care have their mental health needs more clearly assessed, defined, cared for, treated by Primary care professionals supporting pathways to best meet someone’s holistic, and individualised needs.
For most people this will mean remaining within primary care services, supported by the Primary Care Liaison team where needed, but for some, this will mean identifying a smooth transfer of care into the most appropriate service based on clinical assessment, risk assessment and individualised needs.
This pathway and transition of care may consider a more intensive home treatment approach with The Intensive Support Team, or a stepped up care approach provided by secondary mental health services.
Person specification
Personal Specification
Essential criteria
- Current Professional Qualification - Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker • Registration must be live with relevant professional body • Evidence of post registration training and CPD. • Valid driving license
- You must have completed your preceptorship • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary mental health team with clients with acute/severe and enduring mental health problems • Demonstrates experience of assessing risk and developing risk management strategies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to engage effectively with people at all levels even when a more assertive approach is needed. • Front line experience of using assessment skills especially in determining the nature and severity of mental illness/health (functional and organic) and differentiation between physical and mental health symptoms and conditions. Comprehensive assessment skills, including writing reports and IT skills • Able to demonstrate a good understanding of Recovery principles and the role primary and secondary care mental health services • Demonstrable levels of initiative utilised within practice and work delivery. • Knowledge of the needs, treatment approaches and rights of people with mental health problems and the needs of their carers and family. • Able to articulate a detailed understanding of the relevant legal frameworks/legislation including CPA process, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and Safeguarding. Desirable
Desirable criteria
- Training in Psychosocial/brief Interventions
- Experience working with clients with dual diagnosis (acute/severe and enduring mental health and substance misuse problems) • Experience working with older adults with knowledge of Cognitive Disorders • Experience working with people experiencing mental health crisis • Experience working within a community mental health setting or wide variety of settings • Working knowledge of the make up of the wider health and social care community including statutory and non-statutory services and direct experience of multi inter-agency working and collaboration.
- Skills in leadership: ability to motivate others, use initiative and manage change. • Basic psychosocial and brief intervention skills • Demonstrates substantial experience of, and relevant professional practice qualification in mentoring/assessing students and learners
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sharon Moyle
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0117 378 7960
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