Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our team to support the performance of 4Doncaster Primary Care Network (PCN). 4Doncaster is a forward thinking and innovative PCN looking to recruit a highly motivated, enthusiastic and versatile member of our team. The 4Doncaster PCN is 4 practices situated in central Doncaster:The Burns Medical PracticeThe Kingthorne Group PracticeThe Mount Group PracticeThe St Vincent Group Practice The practices came together in order to be able to respond in a flexible and responsive manner to changes taking place in the NHS. The establishment of the 4Doncaster network has enabled the recruitment of additional staff, including Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Physiotherapists, Social Prescribers, Mental Health Practitioners, Care Coordinatorsand Health & Wellbeing Coaches. This is a mental health role in primary care, it is an exciting model of working, situated at the heart of general practice while been employed by RDaSH. A GP integrated mental health service creates better joint working across primary and secondary care mental health systems. The post is direct patient facing and based at Rutland House and other sites across the network, consideration would be given to condensed working hours and part time hours- working days will be agreed collaboratively

Main duties of the job

Provide a role in supporting Primary Care Networks (PCN) and the band 7 Mental Health Practitioner in triaging mental health concerns and providing specialist advice.

Support GPs within the network to make appropriate referrals and support bridging a gap between primary care and secondary services while working in partnership across the system.

To act as a point of contact for GPs to gain advice and support regarding people's mental health.

Where appropriate liaise with the GP team and the PCN regarding complex situations.

To be available to participate in primary care practice level meetings, including any meetings involving serious concern, i.e., safeguarding and risk management.

Be effective in multi-professional team working and service transformation.

To provide a comprehensive Primary Mental Health Service across the whole range of patients, service will be provided mainly via clinics and one-to-one interactions with service users which will include the provision of bio-psycho-social assessment and treatment delivery.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook