Primary Care Mental Health Facilitator

Job summary

We are looking for a committed and experienced person to join our wonderful established team of mental health professionals to deliver excellent care within Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.

As a Mental Health Facilitator, you will work within primary care to assess and support the mental and physical health care for people who are on the SMI register. This will involve working in collaboration with general practices and primary care colleagues, as well as secondary care services to improve outcomes and peoples quality of life in line with the NHS 10 year implementation plan.

We are committed within LPT to ensure better outcomes for this client group for their mental and physical well-being, as this group are known to have a reduced life span and to be less likely to access physical health support.

You should be experienced and able to work autonomously when required whist still working closely as a team of professionals. Support and supervision will be provided and we promote a positive collaborative leadership style.

For rostered areas, these are set in advance at a team level and you will join an established roster. Your rostered shifts will be confirmed to you when arranging your start date.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or vary working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. We may consider appointable applicants for similar vacancies in different locations where this is appropriate and meets our mutual requirements.

Main duties of the job

To work autonomously, taking responsibility for care, quality and clinical activity for a designated caseload of service users

To contribute to care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional leadership and guidance, clinical advice and management in relation to the key dimensions of health care quality:

Patient safety.

The effectiveness of all health care interventions.

Patient experience.

The environment in which care is delivered.

To participate in the effective clinical leadership of the team.

To actively contribute to the improvement of service and quality of care provision to meet the needs of service users, service users and their families.

To act as role model and participate in the education, development and mentorship of other staff.

To work collaborate with other clinicians and within with wider health, social care and voluntary sector communities as appropriate and promote the role of the Mental Health Practitioner to all stakeholders.

To foster a culture of networking in an open and transparent approach with internal and external partnerships and between all stakeholders.

Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of evidenced based care to a group of service users according to changing healthcare needs and varying levels of complexity.

Our current vacancy is Carillion PCN which covers Bridge Street, Loughborough University, Park View, Pinfold and Woodbrook Medical Centre's.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

St. Peters Health Centre

Sparkenhoe Street

Leicester

LE2 0TA

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

St. Peters Health Centre

Sparkenhoe Street

Leicester

LE2 0TA

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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