Job summary
Do you want to make a real difference to people for
serious mental illness? This exciting role will make a real difference, promoting
the uptake of annual health checks for patients registered with Serious Mental
Illness (SMI) across all our 19 GP Practices in Calderdale. Building on
existing efforts this role will also support practices in Calderdale to in
deliver the highest quality SMI Health Checks for their patients.
Working closely with our GP
Practices, Mental Health Practitioner roles, Personalised Care Teams, VCSE and patients registered with an SMI promoting
personalised care and addressing health inequalities.
Main duties of the job
Promote both the quantity and
quality of SMI Annual Health Checks by working with agencies including primary
care, secondary care, local authority and VCSE teams across Calderdale to build
on and embed existing work in this field.
Identify and address health
inequalities off those with an SMI accessing general practice.
About us
Pennine GP Alliance is a member-led organisation made up of 19 GP
practices in Calderdale who form 5 Primary Care Networks (PCNs), collectively
serving over 223,000 registered patients.
We work extremely closely with general practice but also in
partnership with other local healthcare providers with a purpose to ensure
viable GP services remain at the heart of local communities, providing
sustainable and high-quality patient-focused healthcare.
Join our team and experience a workplace that truly values growth,
collaboration, and impact. We take pride in fostering a supportive and
inclusive environment where every team member is encouraged to listen, learn,
and lead. Together were dedicated to delivering better outcomes for GP
practices, and ultimately for the people of Calderdale.
At our organisation, your professional growth matters we are
committed to providing the resources and opportunities you need for continuous
development, ensuring you thrive both in your role and your career.
We look forward to receiving your application to join our team of
over 100 employees.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Supporting
practices to implement the lessons from SMI annual health check pilot work.
Continuation
of interoperability and bridging the primary-secondary care gap.
Building
SMI multi-disciplinary teams within practices and across practices- bringing in
other mental health transformation roles.
Expert
patient coproduction, learning from lived experience.
Work to encourage the uptake of
individuals that have not attended annual health checks. Including the
identification of barriers and working with partner agencies to address them
including but not limited to connections
with prisons and housing.
Work to close the loop of a health
check, ensuring checks lead to support and interventions.
To represent PGPA at Emotional Health & Wellbeing
Alliance meetings.
Reviewing
national Quality Outcomes Framework to support practices to understand and
implement any changes relating to SMI.
Reviewing
and supporting the implementation of national guidance including Improving
physical health of individuals with SMI
Presenting
lessons learned and best practice at learning events
Providing
regular updates to stakeholders within steering group.
Preparing monthly highlight reports using PGPA
template
Job description
Job responsibilities
Supporting
practices to implement the lessons from SMI annual health check pilot work.
Continuation
of interoperability and bridging the primary-secondary care gap.
Building
SMI multi-disciplinary teams within practices and across practices- bringing in
other mental health transformation roles.
Expert
patient coproduction, learning from lived experience.
Work to encourage the uptake of
individuals that have not attended annual health checks. Including the
identification of barriers and working with partner agencies to address them
including but not limited to connections
with prisons and housing.
Work to close the loop of a health
check, ensuring checks lead to support and interventions.
To represent PGPA at Emotional Health & Wellbeing
Alliance meetings.
Reviewing
national Quality Outcomes Framework to support practices to understand and
implement any changes relating to SMI.
Reviewing
and supporting the implementation of national guidance including Improving
physical health of individuals with SMI
Presenting
lessons learned and best practice at learning events
Providing
regular updates to stakeholders within steering group.
Preparing monthly highlight reports using PGPA
template
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience or working in a mental health /social care or related VCSE setting.
- An understanding of the complexities of health conditions and the barriers to accessing services for individuals with complex mental health needs/SMI.
- Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations
- An understanding of health inequalities
- and measures that can be put in place to combat them.
- Awareness of managing strategies for change within a workplace setting.
Desirable
- Experience in the use of digital /clinical systems such as EMIS or System One
- An awareness of the wider network of mental health provision across Calderdale, including VCSE.
- Experience of coproduction with stakeholders.
Skills/Ability
Essential
- Basic IT skills such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and excel.
- The ability to prepare and deliver training.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Problem solving skills
- Experience of Multi agency working.
- Playing a key role in collating and presenting relevant information in meeting.
Other requirements
Essential
- Flexibility to work outside core office hours
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Maintain confidentiality at all times
- Full UK driving licence
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level and/or training around mental health.
- Experience of working with people with complex mental health needs.
Personal qualities
Essential
- Having a range of coping strategies to remain resilient in the face of change.
- Ability to listen to and understand multiple perspectives.
- Capacity to be solution focussed to achieve key goals
- Ongoing commitment to improve personal skills and development whilst maintaining and/or seeking support around personal wellbeing .
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience or working in a mental health /social care or related VCSE setting.
- An understanding of the complexities of health conditions and the barriers to accessing services for individuals with complex mental health needs/SMI.
- Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations
- An understanding of health inequalities
- and measures that can be put in place to combat them.
- Awareness of managing strategies for change within a workplace setting.
Desirable
- Experience in the use of digital /clinical systems such as EMIS or System One
- An awareness of the wider network of mental health provision across Calderdale, including VCSE.
- Experience of coproduction with stakeholders.
Skills/Ability
Essential
- Basic IT skills such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and excel.
- The ability to prepare and deliver training.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Problem solving skills
- Experience of Multi agency working.
- Playing a key role in collating and presenting relevant information in meeting.
Other requirements
Essential
- Flexibility to work outside core office hours
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Maintain confidentiality at all times
- Full UK driving licence
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level and/or training around mental health.
- Experience of working with people with complex mental health needs.
Personal qualities
Essential
- Having a range of coping strategies to remain resilient in the face of change.
- Ability to listen to and understand multiple perspectives.
- Capacity to be solution focussed to achieve key goals
- Ongoing commitment to improve personal skills and development whilst maintaining and/or seeking support around personal wellbeing .
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.
