Healthy Minds Practitioner - Leeds, United Kingdom - Northpoint Wellbeing Ltd

Northpoint Wellbeing Ltd

Verified Company

Leeds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

The overall aim of this role is to ensure patients mental and emotional health needs are better supported.

In addition, the Healthy Minds Practitioner will ensure that referrals to appropriate services are made more efficiently, and that GP and other primary care clinician workload is reduced appropriately.

To allow patients to have a timely triage/assessment of their mental and emotional health needs, ideally within 2-3 working days.

To ensure patients are better enabled to manage their own mental and emotional health where appropriate.

To ensure patients are supported to access appropriate mental services where these exist, including primary care network practice-based mental health nurses, Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service, social prescribing, Mindwell and third sector support services.

To minimise duplication with other mental health services. To reduce self-harm and suicide attempts, A&E contacts, and inappropriate crisis team assessments.