Key responsibilities include effectively screening and assessing client needs, delivering psychological interventions suitable for those not meeting secondary care thresholds, and supporting clients through their transition from secondary to primary care. The role emphasises recovery-focused approaches, including Wellness & Recovery Action Planning (WRAP), while advocating for clients' physical health needs and facilitating access to additional support services. The successful candidate must demonstrate initiative, manage a high volume of referrals, and adapt to the fast-paced nature of the service.
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Band 6 Primary Care Mental Health Nurse to join our Primary Care Mental Health Team in Walsall.
This post holder will be working with a team that consist of a Team Manager, Clinical Lead/CBT therapist, Mental Health Nurses, Access Practitioners and Administrators.
The team responsibility is to provide, develop and improve services for people with complex common mental health problems and stable and enduring mental health needs in primary care. The post holder will have a high level of autonomy within their role and managing all aspects of their service according to local need and within the parameters of thePrimary Mental Health Service operational policy.
Previous applicants need not to apply.
The post holder will be working within a busy team alongside a team of registered mental health nurses and be supported by the Team Manager, Clinical Lead/CBT Practitioner, and team administrators.
Post holders will have a high level of autonomy working across designated GP practices, managing their own clinics and providing mental health assessment and evidenced based treatment for people aged over 18. You will provide a service to people who exhibit complex common mental health needs and stable, predictable and enduring serious mental health needs. You will be expected to develop and manage all aspects of their service, such as waiting lists according to local need; working within the parameters of the service operational policy.
A key aspect of this role is GP consultation, liaison, education and training. You will be expected to attend GP practice meetings to discuss the service and actively seek feedback and report any issues to the team leader as well as areas for improvement and any innovative practice for sharing and disseminating. Staff will be expected to autonomously manage high volumes of referrals. Staff are expected to work on their own initiative in a busy and demanding service and to be able manage change effectively.
About us
To be the first clinical point of contact for the service, effectively screening, assessing and working with service users with complex common mental health needs and stable, predictable and enduring serious mental health needs , exercising judgement to identify and assess healthcare needs, and consider range of options for treatment.
To work in partnership with service users to assess their mental health needs using sound knowledge base and clinical judgement and where indicated deliver evidence based brief interventions.
To deliver Primary care recovery focused Psychological Interventions that meet the need of service users who are too complex and/or not suitable for IAPT yet do not meet the threshold for the Psychological Therapies in Secondary care mental health.
To deliver Wellness & Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) that supports a recovery focused care model that emphasises the service users choice, preference of interventions/treatment and establishes meaningful networks of support that take into account their Bio/Psycho/Social needs.
Support service users through their transition from secondary care mental health services and reduce the incidence of re-referral back into SMHS.
Support Primary Care with SEMI registers and enabling services users with Stable & Enduring Mental Health difficulties to access physical health checks working towards reducing the inequity in mortality and morbidity rates for this population.
To signpost and support the seamless transition of care to other services including primary, secondary care and voluntary services.
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