Specialist Mental Health Practitioner - Primary Care Faringdon

This role of Specialist Mental Health Practitioner for Primary Care is fundamental to the development and leadership of innovative new teams and integrated mental health services based within networks of GP Practices (PCNs). The role promotes and provides early assessment, treatment and improved access to evidence-based interventions for people with serious mental illness (SMI). The role will help people to focus on achievable goals and access local community resources. The service will be for people over 18 years old (including carers) with a specific focus on:

• Those with mental health needs that exceed the access criteria for IAPT and do not meet the access criteria for secondary care.
• People with serious or significant mental illness (SMI) who are in recovery and relatively stable in secondary care mental health services who could be cared for within primary care.
• People with SMI who are eligible for an annual health check and medication review and improved access to physical health interventions.
• Younger adults with SMI (18-25 years), particularly those transitioning between children's and adult services.
• Those diagnosed with, or presenting with traits of, personality disorder who will benefit from enhanced support across primary care through the MHICS team.

Main duties of the job include:

• Contributing to delivering and co-developing the primary care mental health service model, including care pathways for the provision of integrated physical and mental health care in a designated Primary Care Network within Oxfordshire.
• Working as part of the MDT to support and advise the Primary Care Team in triage, assessment and treatment of patients needing mental health support.
• Accepting referrals direct from primary care via an agreed route, promoting early assessment/treatment, and ensuring robust relationships and links with other community-based services.
• Working with adults (18+) with severe/significant mental illness, whose mental health needs can be best met within primary care and whose difficulties are best understood within a biopsychosocial model.
• Working closely with colleagues in specialist community mental health services to ensure smooth transitions between teams and services and facilitate an 'easy in, easy out' approach to improve access to evidence-based interventions.
• Providing day-to-day support and guidance to the primary care navigator role, connecting people to appropriate community and voluntary sector support.

Please note that this role will require us to undertake a DBS check as a part of your onboarding. As a Trust, we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team". Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent".

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing, including:

• Opportunities for career progression.
• Access to tailored individual and Trust-wide learning and development.
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service.
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers.
• Competitive pension scheme.
• Lease car scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Mental Health First Aiders.
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person Specification

Qualification

• Essential: Relevant professional qualification.
• Desirable: Post graduate relevant training.

Knowledge

• Essential: Extensive community mental health care experience with adults living with serious mental illness.
• Desirable: Experience in primary care setting.

Experience

• Essential: Extensive experience of delivering person-centred interventions with people living with serious mental illness.
• Desirable: Experience of delivering psychosocial intervention with adults who have serious mental illness.

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.