Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner Team Lead - Incentives apply

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Job summary

A rare opportunity has arisen in Brighton & Hove Wellbeing Service in our Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner (PCMHP) Team, as a Team Lead.

Brighton & Hove Wellbeing Service is an NHS Talking Therapies (NHS TT) primary care mental health service that serves the people of Brighton and Hove, often who are making their first contact with mental health services. The PCMHP's within B&H Wellbeing provide a critical function in triaging referrals into the service (including our priority referral pathway), providing thorough assessments, brief non-IAPT interventions including groupwork, and onward referrals as required. Liaison with key stakeholders and third sector organisations also forms part of this role.

This post offers the Trust's £4000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions).

Main duties of the job

It is essential that you are a registered mental health professional or equivalent (see job description). Main duties include providing professional leadership to Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners (PCMHP), delivering regular clinical supervision to ensure that excellent standards of practice are maintained, and being responsible for the management of the PCMHP team - including managing staff, appraisals, local and formal responses to complaints, and allocation of resources in accordance with needs on a day-today basis.

The successful applicant should have excellent clinical skills in assessment, risk assessment as well as strong communication and leadership skills. You will be working closely with other professional groups within the team, in particular your PCMHP Team Lead colleagues and the Talking Therapies staff team. Providing advice and support to your colleagues is therefore an integral part of this role. The ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, such as GPs, secondary mental health services and non-statutory organisations is vital, as is a motivation to be involved in community transformation workstreams and the integration of local services. The post holder will also contribute to broader Service and Trust developments in relation to our triage team, local triage hubs and PCMHP role developments in Sussex.

About us

As part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, B&H Wellbeing offers a supportive working environment and the opportunity for staff to flourish and professionally develop. Staff wellbeing is integral in our philosophy and in practice for us in order to be a place people want to work. We actively encourage staff input when developing the service and some of our most effective innovations have come as a result of this staff involvement approach. We have a strong philosophy of a collaborative and client centred approach.

Our values

People first: people are at the heart of everything we do.
Future focused: we're optimistic, we learn and always try to improve.
Embracing change: we're bold, innovative and disciplined about using our resources to improve.
Working together: we provide services in partnership with patients.
Everyone counts: we value, appreciate and respect each other.

Date posted

12 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

354-PC-20545

Job locations

177 Preston Road, Aldrington House, EBMHC

177 Preston Road

Brighton

BN1 6AG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description and person specification attached for full details of requirements of this post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description and person specification attached for full details of requirements of this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Education

Essential

Registered Mental Health qualification or equivalent
Up to date Registration
Post Basic Courses / relevant Study Days
Evidence of CPD

Experience

Essential

Proven experience of providing Mental Health interventions within Primary care settings
Proven post-qualifying experience of clinical work with people with a range of mental health problems
Experience of partnership working within and across various different statutory and non- statutory teams and agencies
Experience of providing low intensity psychological interventions including, provision of self help, behavioural activation, guided self help, cCBT using a range of delivery models, telephone, face to face individual and workshops
Experience of providing training and working consultatively with professionals
Experienced in conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments at primary care level

Person Specification

Qualifications/Education

Essential

Registered Mental Health qualification or equivalent
Up to date Registration
Post Basic Courses / relevant Study Days
Evidence of CPD

Experience

Essential

Proven experience of providing Mental Health interventions within Primary care settings
Proven post-qualifying experience of clinical work with people with a range of mental health problems
Experience of partnership working within and across various different statutory and non- statutory teams and agencies
Experience of providing low intensity psychological interventions including, provision of self help, behavioural activation, guided self help, cCBT using a range of delivery models, telephone, face to face individual and workshops
Experience of providing training and working consultatively with professionals
Experienced in conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments at primary care level

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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