Job summary
Purpose of post
The emphasis of the Healthy Minds service is on triage to ensure the patient is referred into the most appropriate service, and higher risk patients are followed up to ensure they are engaging with services.
In addition, this service offers the provision of a timely ‘helpful conversation’ to assist patients experiencing chronic/complex common mental health presentations towards increased self-management of anxiety, depression symptoms and an improved tolerance to distress. This will support patients to improve wellbeing, and facilitate increased awareness and agency for individuals to self-manage both their mental health and wellbeing.
Main duties of the job
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. This will:
Allow patients to have a timely triage/assessment of their mental and emotional health needs, ideally within 2-3 working days.
Ensure patients are better enabled to manage their own mental and emotional health where appropriate.
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.
Minimise duplication with other mental health services.
Reduce self-harm and suicide attempts, A&E contacts, and inappropriate crisis team assessments.
The postholder will predominantly work remotely (home-based or equivalent) and provide telephone triage, assessment and decision-making support, to ensure that patients with common mental health needs gain access to the most appropriate pathway and intervention.
There will be a requirement to deliver some face-to-face support (circa one day per week) in at least one of GP practices.
The postholder will be required to carry out assessment and formulation of mental health needs. This will assist patients towards increased self-management of anxiety and depression symptoms and better tolerance of distress.
The role will also involve identifying opportunities to support individuals with their mental health by helping them to access appropriate community support, encourage behavioural and lifestyle changes, enabling and empowering patients to become actively involved in their own wellbeing.
The role combines the skills of triage, assessment, care navigation, and psychological support. Key to the role will be the ability to utilise psychological formulation, such as constructing meaning out of mental distress, and build trusting relationships quickly whilst motivating individuals to make sustained changes
About us
At Northpoint, we take pride in our commitment to improving mental wellbeing and accessibility to services. Our values of professionalism, responsiveness, collaboration, and transparency guide our approach. We provide a supportive environment where staff feel empowered and valued, working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Do you want to help make a difference to thousands of people each year?
We have a unique opportunity for a Healthy Minds Practitioner to join Northpoint. This role will involve working across the Beeston, Middleton and Hunslet primary care network.You will join us on a permanent contract and in return, you will receive a competitive salary.
Why us?
At Northpoint, we take pride in our commitment to improving mental wellbeing and accessibility to services. Our values of professionalism, responsiveness, collaboration, and transparency guide our approach. We provide a supportive environment where staff feel empowered and valued, working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
What you will be doing as our Healthy Minds Practitioner:
You will play a fundamental role in ensuring patients' mental and emotional health needs are effectively addressed. This role will involve conducting assessments, triaging patients, offering psychoeducation, and providing support. You’ll be utilising a range of therapeutic techniques to empower individuals to manage their mental health and connect them to appropriate resources.
Closing date: Sunday 18 February 2024. Interviews will take place Monday 26 February.
We may utilise digital interview methods.
We aim to be a talented, resilient, and inclusive community. We welcome applications from all and offer a variety of flexible working/job share opportunities for both full and part-time staff.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed
Job description
Job responsibilities
Do you want to help make a difference to thousands of people each year?
We have a unique opportunity for a Healthy Minds Practitioner to join Northpoint. This role will involve working across the Beeston, Middleton and Hunslet primary care network.You will join us on a permanent contract and in return, you will receive a competitive salary.
Why us?
At Northpoint, we take pride in our commitment to improving mental wellbeing and accessibility to services. Our values of professionalism, responsiveness, collaboration, and transparency guide our approach. We provide a supportive environment where staff feel empowered and valued, working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
What you will be doing as our Healthy Minds Practitioner:
You will play a fundamental role in ensuring patients' mental and emotional health needs are effectively addressed. This role will involve conducting assessments, triaging patients, offering psychoeducation, and providing support. You’ll be utilising a range of therapeutic techniques to empower individuals to manage their mental health and connect them to appropriate resources.
Closing date: Sunday 18 February 2024. Interviews will take place Monday 26 February.
We may utilise digital interview methods.
We aim to be a talented, resilient, and inclusive community. We welcome applications from all and offer a variety of flexible working/job share opportunities for both full and part-time staff.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed
Person Specification
Qualification & Training
Essential
- A relevant qualification at NVQ Level 3 (e.g. NVQ Level 3 in Mental Health and Social Care) or equivalent (psychology graduate) and/or significant experience in mental health support work.
- Able to attend supervision training, and other training as the post develops.
- Good record of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and willingness to continue this.
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- An understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in primary care services.
- An understanding of the work of secondary care mental health services and complex mental health presentations.
- An understanding of the relationship between employment/unemployment and mental health problems.
- An understanding of trauma-informed approach.
Desirable
- Knowledge of existing services within the area
Experience
Essential
- At least two years experience of working in a mental health setting with clients presenting with multiple and complex issues.
- Experience of undertaking specialist mental health and risk assessments and formulation.
- Experience of delivering appropriate therapeutic interventions, risk management and relapse prevention interventions in a time-limited manner.
- Experience of managing own time to meet service targets.
Desirable
- Relevant experience in primary or secondary care mental health services.
- Experience of working within a third sector organisation.
- Experience of working in a service with agreed targets for outputs and clinical outcomes.
- Experience of System One/EMIS or similar IT system for outcome and case management recording.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to deliver a range of mental health support appropriate to the needs and capacities of the client group.
- Can demonstrate sound clinical skills and ability to make clinical decisions, in line with professional standards, NICE guidelines and service protocols.
- Ability to develop and sustain meaningful relationships with clients.
- Ability to organise self, meet deadlines and work on own initiative within set parameters.
- Ability to manage safeguarding issues safely and appropriately.
- Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, and in own personal and professional development, and to use supervision positively and effectively.
- Ability to work with complex mental health issues.
- Creative, flexible and imaginative approach to working with people with mental health problems.
- Demonstrate a commitment to enabling and empowering clients to become actively involved in their own wellbeing.
- Computer-literate.
- High standards in written communication, including ability to write clear records and letters to referrers
Desirable
- Ability to deliver support in community languages.
- Ability to employ psychological formulation.
Person Specification
Qualification & Training
Essential
- A relevant qualification at NVQ Level 3 (e.g. NVQ Level 3 in Mental Health and Social Care) or equivalent (psychology graduate) and/or significant experience in mental health support work.
- Able to attend supervision training, and other training as the post develops.
- Good record of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and willingness to continue this.
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- An understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in primary care services.
- An understanding of the work of secondary care mental health services and complex mental health presentations.
- An understanding of the relationship between employment/unemployment and mental health problems.
- An understanding of trauma-informed approach.
Desirable
- Knowledge of existing services within the area
Experience
Essential
- At least two years experience of working in a mental health setting with clients presenting with multiple and complex issues.
- Experience of undertaking specialist mental health and risk assessments and formulation.
- Experience of delivering appropriate therapeutic interventions, risk management and relapse prevention interventions in a time-limited manner.
- Experience of managing own time to meet service targets.
Desirable
- Relevant experience in primary or secondary care mental health services.
- Experience of working within a third sector organisation.
- Experience of working in a service with agreed targets for outputs and clinical outcomes.
- Experience of System One/EMIS or similar IT system for outcome and case management recording.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to deliver a range of mental health support appropriate to the needs and capacities of the client group.
- Can demonstrate sound clinical skills and ability to make clinical decisions, in line with professional standards, NICE guidelines and service protocols.
- Ability to develop and sustain meaningful relationships with clients.
- Ability to organise self, meet deadlines and work on own initiative within set parameters.
- Ability to manage safeguarding issues safely and appropriately.
- Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, and in own personal and professional development, and to use supervision positively and effectively.
- Ability to work with complex mental health issues.
- Creative, flexible and imaginative approach to working with people with mental health problems.
- Demonstrate a commitment to enabling and empowering clients to become actively involved in their own wellbeing.
- Computer-literate.
- High standards in written communication, including ability to write clear records and letters to referrers
Desirable
- Ability to deliver support in community languages.
- Ability to employ psychological formulation.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
