Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner - London, United Kingdom - South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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 and or occupational therapist.

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 evidenced 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.

To provide support with overall management of referrals, providing timely screening, triage and trusted assessments for patients with a wide range of mental disorder.
To be personally responsible and professionally accountable for a delivering a range of evidenced based psychosocial interventions for a specific case list.
To 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
To work with patients and carers using evidenced based tool to inform care planning to support engagement with treatment and appropriate services.
To support family and carers with the management of risk and to escalate all risk concerns as required ensuring that there is clear communication of risk to all involved with care.
To work collaboratively with colleagues within the PCMHT using shared decision making to ensure safe and effective discharge planning or onward referral. This may include discharge to Primary Care, onward referral to secondary care, signposting to social prescribers, third sector partners, voluntary services or community based groups. To ensure that all planning is shared with those involved with the care in a timely manner.

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.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

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: parttime 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 fromkeyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of wellknown retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Reporting any incident or Serious Untoward Incidents that may take place in a community setting and provide reports and accurate records relating to the
Working safely to ensure safe custody of medicines, sharps, and clinical equipment in a community setting; and reporting of all incidents following Trust Policy
Recognising and responding appropriately to "selfharm and suicide prevention" with particular regard to the risks in community settings, in line with Trust policies and training
Understanding and working within the boundaries of the Lone Working Policy and awareness of Personal Safety in a community setting, including clear and updated communication with
Responding to urgent situations, emergencies or crises using protocols specific to the local community

Safeguarding and Duty of Candour

Understanding and implementing safeguarding procedures in a community setting; recognise, report and investigate safeguarding issues and raise safeguarding alerts if you suspect that a service user and/or carer has been exposed to harm or
Understanding and implementing of Duty of Candour with regard to the particular issues in a community

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