Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

This is a new, exciting, and innovative post to support the needs of the local population living with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. We are looking for a registered nurse, occupational therapist, or social worker to take a central role in the development of the mental health offer in our Primary Care Network (PCN). Through the delivery of excellent, compassionate services to promote the recovery and well-being of patients, carers and families.

At Avon Valley PCN we support patients attending The Fordingbridge Surgery in Fordingbridge, The Ringwood Medical Centre and Cornerways' Surgeries in Ringwood and Twin Oaks Surgery in Bransgore. We have a population of 42,000 we see many people of working age in need of support to aid their mental health recovery. The Avon Valley PCN is based within the stunning New Forest National Park and bordering the South Coast, giving us huge opportunity to empower our patients to improve their health as part of their well-being. At Avon Valley PCN we can offer flexible working, including job shares, later start and finish times and some Hybrid working.

We offer; -

*Flexible working

*Access to a variety of training

*Fantastic annual leave allowance

*Great pension scheme

*Key worker housing

*Discounts

*Revalidation support

*Extensive health and wellbeing hub and signposting

Main duties of the job

*To work with the GP practices in The Fordingbridge Surgery in Fordingbridge, The Ringwood Medical Centre and Cornerways' Surgeries in Ringwood and Twin Oaks Surgery in Bransgore. To support and deliver therapeutic interventions to patients in primary care who do not meet the criteria for secondary mental health services and help deliver the transformation work around "No Wrong Door"

*To support the planning and coordination of service users' mental health care in primary care, liaising with teams and agencies as required. To work on signposting to appropriate agencies for ongoing support

*To liaise effectively between primary and secondary care so that referrals can move seamlessly between services, prioritising the patients journey

*To be able to deliver therapeutic interventions to service users whose immediate needs may need help in a primary care setting.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Fordingbridge Surgery

Bartons Road

Bartons Road

Fordingbridge

Hampshire

SP6 1RS

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Fordingbridge Surgery

Bartons Road

Bartons Road

Fordingbridge

Hampshire

SP6 1RS

Employer's website

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

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