111 Senior Mental Health Triage Practitioner - Winchester, United Kingdom - Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Winchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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We are currently recruiting for full and part time Mental Health trained Registered Mental Health Nurses/Social Workers to join our award winning and friendly team.

The 111 Mental Health Triage Service covers the Hampshire area including Surrey & Borders and the Isle of Wight. The service is employed by Southern Health Foundation Trust and we work closely with the South Central Ambulance Trust. This involves working closely with other Healthcare Professionals including Paramedics & Registered General Nurses.

Working within this role, practitioners provide a holistic mental health traige on the telephone for people that contact 111 with mental health needs.

The service also runs a Mental Health Car which can visit and assess people in their own home and other social environments.

This involves a mental health practitioner working alongside a Paramedic who will assess the patient on scene to provide the most suitable intervention.

The service is accessed when patients ring 111, they will firstly be triaged by a call handler that will determine their needs.

If the person has mental health needs, they will be placed into the mental health queue whereby a mental health practitioner from our team will check their history, then call the patient back to provide support.

The service supports all ages and can provide a wide range of assistance that can include listening, reassurance, brief psychological interventions as well as referral to primary and secondary services.