Mental Health Practitioner inLiverpool inLiverpool PUBLISHED
THU 9 JAN 2025
Brownlow Group Practice rD2WWsrc
The Mental Health Practitioner will conduct holistic assessments and use prevention strategies to identify risk factors and early signs of illness. They will interpret complex clinical information to make accurate diagnoses and formulate individualized care plans. The role also involves managing care episodes, enhancing health outcomes, and engaging patients and families in their care process. A focus on maintaining high standards of patient-centered care is essential, ensuring privacy, dignity, and opportunities for patient feedback to enhance service delivery.
Vacancies available:
1x Full time permanent position - 37.5 hours
1x 12 month temporary maternity cover - 37.5 hours
We are excited to be expanding our Mental Health Practitioner team at Brownlow Health. The successful applicant will join our two existing Mental Health practitioners, and a supporting multidisciplinary team to offer help and support to patients presenting with mental health difficulties within Primary Care. The role will manage patients from initial assessment to diagnosis and treatment, including actively signposting to external resource and psychosocial support as needed. Care will be delivered both acutely and routinely, via a range of consultation modalities.
Other job locations within our practice
Bentley Road Liverpool L8 0SY
Peach Street Liverpool L69 7ZL
26 Argyle Street Liverpool L1 5DL
155 Edge Lane Edge Hill Liverpool L7 2PF
2 Vauxhall Road Liverpool L3 2BG
The Mental Nurse Practitioner will work as part of the full clinical team as well as an autonomous professional in a self-directed manner, with confidence, authority, and expertise, undertaking comprehensive range of clinical assessments/procedures within the Practice. They will have responsibility for patient caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporate the issues and recommendations made.
About us
The Mental Health Nurse Practitioner will assess individuals, families, and populations holistically, using a range of different assessment methods, using health promotion and prevention strategies; and comprehensively assess patients for risk factors and early signs of illness.
The Mental Health Nurse Practitioner will be expected to interpret and analyse complex clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnoses, prognoses for a wide range of conditions, to recommend / deliver the best course of intervention including the development of comprehensive packages of care.
The Mental Health Nurse Practitioner will plan, manage, and complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others and delegating /referring as appropriate; to optimise health outcomes and resource use, as well as providing direct support to patients and colleagues. They will use professional judgement in managing complex and unpredictable care events and capture the learning from these experiences to improve patient care and service delivery.
The Mental Health Nurse Practitioner will always maintain a high standard of patient focused care in accordance with practice policies and protocols. They will actively involve patients and families in providing feedback of their experience and suggestions for improvements.
Exemplary patient care and satisfaction is crucial, and the post holder will ensure the very highest standards of care are provided for our patients, providing an environment where they are engaged with, cared for, and their privacy and dignity maintained at all times.
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