ARRS Primary Care Mental Health Team Lead inStoke-on-Trent inStoke-on-Trent PUBLISHED 30 OCT 2024

Band 7: £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum  PERMANENT 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Primary Care Mental Health Team Lead to work in partnership in Primary Care as part of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS).

Full time, 37.5 hours per week, £46,148 - £52,809 per annum.

The introduction of the ARRS roles has been part of a wider transformation and expansion of community-based mental health services set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. As a Directorate and team, we have been through a period of consolidation and have now commenced a journey of growth and expansion around the clinical services which are provided in the Primary Care Directorate with a focus now on providing leadership to deliver evidence-based care and to drive quality improvements within primary care mental health.

The postholder will communicate and work collaboratively with the general practice teams and Primary Care mental health team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures. They will liaise with other professionals and agencies both statutory and non-statutory and provide a link between primary and secondary services from a North Staffs Combined perspective. They will also support the delivery and the development of evidence-based pathways and interventions including the deliberate self-harm pathway and offer supervision and guidance to the Primary Care Mental Health workforce to develop and inform the model and approaches to delivery. The role will focus on the delivery of a high-quality clinical service to Service Users, their Families and Carers in primary care.

About us

The post holder will ensure that a high-quality service is delivered within this clinical area and undertake the development, implementation and review of care planning and risk assessment.

The post holder will be responsible for the management of staff within the team with support of the service manager to provide consultation and the delivery and delegation of management supervision ensuring appropriate clinical/ professional supervision takes place as per Trust policy and procedure.

While this post is not primarily a clinical / practitioner post, the post holder will have the opportunity to agree up to 20% of their time to be spent in direct clinical work depending on the needs of the area and preferences of the individual. In their clinical practice the post holder will be expected to work to the requirements of the Band 7 Practitioner post appropriate to their profession.

Deliver a high-quality clinical service to Service Users, their Families and Carers in primary care.

Demonstrate an attitude which respects the core values of the organisation and the principles of Recovery

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Primary Care Mental Health Team Lead to work in partnership in Primary Care as part of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS).

Full time, 37.5 hours per week, £46,148 - £52,809 per annum.

The introduction of the ARRS roles has been part of a wider transformation and expansion of community-based mental health services set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. As a Directorate and team, we have been through a period of consolidation and have now commenced a journey of growth and expansion around the clinical services which are provided in the Primary Care Directorate with a focus now on providing leadership to deliver evidence-based care and to drive quality improvements within primary care mental health.

The postholder will communicate and work collaboratively with the general practice teams and Primary Care mental health team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures. They will liaise with other professionals and agencies both statutory and non-statutory and provide a link between primary and secondary services from a North Staffs Combined perspective. They will also support the delivery and the development of evidence-based pathways and interventions including the deliberate self-harm pathway and offer supervision and guidance to the Primary Care Mental Health workforce to develop and inform the model and approaches to delivery. The role will focus on the delivery of a high-quality clinical service to Service Users, their Families and Carers in primary care.

About us

The post holder will ensure that a high-quality service is delivered within this clinical area and undertake the development, implementation and review of care planning and risk assessment.

The post holder will be responsible for the management of staff within the team with support of the service manager to provide consultation and the delivery and delegation of management supervision ensuring appropriate clinical/ professional supervision takes place as per Trust policy and procedure.

While this post is not primarily a clinical / practitioner post, the post holder will have the opportunity to agree up to 20% of their time to be spent in direct clinical work depending on the needs of the area and preferences of the individual. In their clinical practice the post holder will be expected to work to the requirements of the Band 7 Practitioner post appropriate to their profession.

Deliver a high-quality clinical service to Service Users, their Families and Carers in primary care.

Demonstrate an attitude which respects the core values of the organisation and the principles of Recovery



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