Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner: Sponsorship Available
Job Title: Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner
Agency: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Brighton & Hove, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 38,682 – 46,580 £ / Year
Job Summary
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We are pleased to be able to offer an exciting opportunity to join the team at Brighton & Hove Wellbeing Service. The person who is successful in applying for this post will be responsible for providing rapid and responsive assessment, care-planning, signposting, and brief treatment to individuals referred to the service by a number of routes, including self-referrals and by General Practitioners.
The team works with patients in primary care, providing prompt access to mental health expertise at the right level to prevent further deterioration or escalation in need. The people we work with are typically unable to access NHS TT services, but may not meet the thresholds for secondary care services. The service also delivers evidence-based groupwork in our Wellbeing College, in collaboration with our partners at Southdown.
Please note, the Adult Wellbeing Service is actively involved with Community Transformation workstreams that are redesigning community mental health services across Sussex. The Adult Wellbeing Service is redesigning how it works with Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and Adult Secondary Mental Health Services, and is involved in the project to develop Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams as part of the Community Transformation Programme.
Main duties of the job
You join us as part of our established Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner Service, responsible for providing assessment (both routine and priority), support planning, signposting, and brief treatment, including group work to individuals referred to the service by a number of routes, including self-referrals and by General Practitioners.
The Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner (PCMHP) role ensures that people referred to the Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service are quickly and efficiently able to access the most appropriate treatment for their mental health difficulty.
Please note that we require applicants to have a core profession (Social Work, Occupational Therapist, Nursing) to be considered for the role.
Based in the community and primarily located within SPFT venues and GP Practices, you will provide care and support to people with a range of mental health conditions suitable for treatment within the Primary Care sector. You will be liaising closely with GPs, Secondary Mental Health Colleagues (including the Mental Health Rapid Response Service), and with other parts of the Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service.
How to Apply;
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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