Community Mental Health Practitioner - Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom - Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Rural West Primary Care Network (PCN) and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust are excited to be jointly recruiting a Mental Health Practitioner work in our PCN's Mental Health Team.

We welcome applications from any registered professional background where you have an interest in working within mental health services and have current UK registration.

Rural West PCN comprises of 2 practices in rural north Hampshire, providing high quality and personalised care for patients, Tadley Medical Partnership and Watership Down Health Oakley.

Primary Care offers an excellent work life balance with Monday to Friday working patterns and no weekend or bank holiday work.

To work with Primary Care Network to support and help deliver the transformation work around No Wrong Door

To support the planning and coordination of service users' care in primary care including those on the SMI list liaising with teams and agencies as required.

To discuss primary care referrals that require referral to secondary mental health care prior to making a referral

To be able to deliver therapeutic interventions to service users whose immediate needs may need help in a primary care setting.

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

As a Trust, our footprint spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities.

• Our 7,000+ workforce is skilled and diverse, with a deep commitment to ongoing staff development. We offer customised training, leadership pathways, and a plethora of career opportunities.
• We respect and listen to your thoughts, ideas, and concerns via wellestablished network of staff groups to increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Building on all this, we are currently working closely with other local NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight.

Our new organisation is set to launch in April 2024 and will incorporate Southern Health, Solent, Isle of Wight and Sussex Partnership Trusts.

While the new Trust will be substantially bigger, it will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, streamlining services and making healthcare across the county more accessible.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Qualified as a registered mental health professional with current UK registrationAdvanced computer skillsAbility to fulfil travel requirements of the post

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Overton Surgery