Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Chorlton cum Hardy, United Kingdom - Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Chorlton cum Hardy, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Mental Health Practitioners are professionally qualified health and/or social care worker, such as social workers, nurses or occupational therapists.

They work across several GP surgeries offering mental health assessment, formulation, brief solution focussed interventions, trauma informed care and evidenced based interventions as defined by NICE guidance.

The Mental Health Practitioner works from a clinic to meet with people experiencing serious mental health issues.

They provide mental health support tailored to the individuals need, drawing on community connections, engagement with health and social care providers, including access to appropriate mental health services.

The role also requires the Mental Health Practitioner to integrate into teams within primary care, forging strong relationships with a range of professionals, promoting and educating the primary care workforce about the mental health support that can be provided.

The Mental Health Practitioner will offer assessment, support to people with mental health needs at the request of GPs, through an agreed number of appointments allocated to surgeries.

Alongside assessments, Mental Health Practitioners carry a small caseload.

The interface and relationships with partners within the Primary Care Network, including the Integrated Care Organisation and neighbourhood leadership teams, are essential.

As part of the wider Primary Care team, they promote and implement early intervention, avoiding unnecessary medication, referrals and hospital admissions, and support service users to self-care, whenever possible.

Mental Health Practitioners also function as conduit between Primary care, secondary care, other mental health service and relevant agencies, ensuring smooth and seamless journey for service users.

The Mental Health Practitioner role will support people who do not meet the threshold for Community Mental Health Teams, those who are not responding to primary care mental health interventions or are not appropriate/not ready for IAPT, thus widening access to mental health support across services.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work.

From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits

Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
Excellent pension
Cycle to work scheme
Salary sacrifice car scheme
Wellbeing programme
Blue Light Card Discounts