Primary Care Mental Health Clinical Practitioner (via ARR's scheme)

In Rotherham we have an exciting and rewarding opportunity to recruit a Mental Health Clinical Practitioner into Raven and Health Village/Dearne valley Primary Care Networks (PCN) while been employed by RDaSH through the ARRS (Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme).

We are seeking to find Mental Health Practitioner who can come and make a difference to patient care by providing high quality interventions in our new primary care integrated mental health service, you will be an important member of the primary care team, liaising with primary, secondary care and VCSE colleagues.

Applicants will work within the Rotherham PCN areas with requirements to travel between practices so the ability to travel across Rotherham would therefore be advantageous.

The practitioner will be embedded as part of the Primary Care Network Multi-Disciplinary Team and will be a part of the new Primary Community Mental Health Multi-Disciplinary Team with envisaged access to a wide range of support and expertise across the network patch. It is envisaged that the focus of a practitioner’s work will generally be people whose needs can be met at in Primary Care support by a Mental Health Practitioner. If the persons needs can no longer be met within the primary care pathway, then the practitioner can facilitate onward access to other secondary care-based services, or third sector services integrated within the mental health pathway.

• Based within PCN.
• Provide a lead role in supporting Primary Care Networks 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 first 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 Nursing 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, including the role of Independent Non-medical Prescribing.
• In order to work at this level, the nurse must be able to practice autonomously and hold the Independent Non-medical Prescribing accreditation and be approved by the Trust to work independently or be prepared to work towards it immediately when commenced in post
  
  

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 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.

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

http://workwith.rdash.nhs.uk/

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lindsey Watson Job title: Service Manager Email address: [email protected]

Julie Adamson - Primary care transformation and commissioning senior manager - [email protected]