Job summary
Mental Health Practitioners are professionally qualified health and/or social care worker, such as social workers, nurses or occupational therapists. They work across several GP surgeries offering mental health assessment, formulation, brief solution focussed interventions, trauma informed care and evidenced based interventions as defined by NICE guidance.
The Mental Health Practitioner works from a clinic to meet with people experiencing serious mental health issues. They provide mental health support tailored to the individuals need, drawing on community connections, engagement with health and social care providers, including access to appropriate mental health services.
The role also requires the Mental Health Practitioner to integrate into teams within primary care, forging strong relationships with a range of professionals, promoting and educating the primary care workforce about the mental health support that can be provided.
Main duties of the job
The Mental Health Practitioner will offer assessment, support to people with mental health needs at the request of GPs, through an agreed number of appointments allocated to surgeries. Alongside assessments, Mental Health Practitioners carry a small caseload. The interface and relationships with partners within the Primary Care Network, including the Integrated Care Organisation and neighbourhood leadership teams, are essential.
As part of the wider Primary Care team, they promote and implement early intervention, avoiding unnecessary medication, referrals and hospital admissions, and support service users to self-care, whenever possible. Mental Health Practitioners also function as conduit between Primary care, secondary care, other mental health service and relevant agencies, ensuring smooth and seamless journey for service users.
The Mental Health Practitioner role will support people who do not meet the threshold for Community Mental Health Teams, those who are not responding to primary care mental health interventions or are not appropriate/not ready for IAPT, thus widening access to mental health support across services.
For more information about the role, feel free to watch the following video from a Mental Health Practitioner who works within one of Manchester Primary Care Networks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qAUFS-MW4c
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over6,400members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A Qualified Nurse/RMN/AHP/Social Worker
- Experience of working in mental health inpatient or community services
- Post registration Masters equivalent in Nursing or equivalent post graduate training or experience
- Post registration experience of working with people with functional mental health difficulties or organic mental health difficulties
Desirable
- Non-medical prescriber or willingness to undertake the training
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate a broad range of specialist knowledge about mental health difficulties
- Assess and risk assess patients and plan onward care
- Understand the nature of working in a Primary Care Setting
- Effective communication with service users, carers and members of multi-disciplinary teams and key stakeholders
- Ability to demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP surgery
- Able to demonstrate leadership development
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A Qualified Nurse/RMN/AHP/Social Worker
- Experience of working in mental health inpatient or community services
- Post registration Masters equivalent in Nursing or equivalent post graduate training or experience
- Post registration experience of working with people with functional mental health difficulties or organic mental health difficulties
Desirable
- Non-medical prescriber or willingness to undertake the training
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate a broad range of specialist knowledge about mental health difficulties
- Assess and risk assess patients and plan onward care
- Understand the nature of working in a Primary Care Setting
- Effective communication with service users, carers and members of multi-disciplinary teams and key stakeholders
- Ability to demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP surgery
- Able to demonstrate leadership development
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT
Address
West Central Manchester Primary Care Network
70 Manchester Road,
Chorlton Cum Hardy
M21 9UN
Employer's website
https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
