Primary Mental Health Clinical Team Lead

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Primary Care Mental Health Clinical Team Lead to join South Kerrier Primary Care Network, working directly within GP surgeries to strengthen the delivery of proactive and preventative mental health care. Embedded in general practice, the postholder will work closely with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary primary care team to support the early identification and management of complex mental health presentations, providing specialist input within the GP setting and ensuring appropriate escalation to secondary care when required.

The role sits within a small PCN-based mental health team alongside a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner and a Health and Wellbeing Coach, working closely with Social Prescribing colleagues, GP practices, secondary care services and voluntary and community sector partners to support integrated, person-centred care, while also providing clinical supervision and contributing to the development and delivery of group-based and one-to-one interventions for primary care patients.

Main duties of the job:

• To provide a sustainable, person-centred system of community mental health care, which delivers better access to a broader range of care options, reduced referral to specialist services, improved patient experience and outcomes.
• To include evidence-informed approaches that are known to impact on both mental and physical health.
• To support the ongoing development and mobilisation of integrated primary care mental health services.
• To provide and promote early assessment, treatment and/or onward bridging to community resources and support and improved access to evidence-based interventions for people with serious mental illness.
• To help people focus on achievable goals and access local community resources.

The service will be for people over 18 years (including carers) with a specific focus on:

• People whose mental health needs do not meet the access criteria for IAPT or secondary care.
• People with serious mental illness who are in recovery and stable in secondary care mental health services who could be cared for within Primary Care.

We are an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability. We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff. We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Person Specification:

Qualifications

• Essential: Relevant professional qualification e.g. Dip OT, Dip SW, RMN, Clinical Psychology Grade A, or equivalent.
• Desirable: Non medical prescriber; further qualification in mental health work.

Experience – Essential criteria:

• Experience of working in a mental health care setting and of liaising and working with GPs.
• Suitably trained and experienced in the delivery of short term, focussed evidence based interventions.
• Experience and an awareness of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice.
• Experience of developing services/project work.

Benefits and additional information:

We are committed to developing our people and offer opportunities such as career conversations, CPD time, development programmes, coaching, induction, and professional development support. Benefits include health and wellbeing initiatives, DBS checks where required, NHS Pension Scheme, salary sacrifice car and cycle schemes, and more.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you apply at your earliest convenience. If successful at shortlisting, you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details. The Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. If you are successful, Occupational Health may access your health records to check inoculations and screening tests. References will be requested.