Job summary
We have two positions available, one full time position (37.5 hours per week) and the other part time (30 hours per week)
Are you an Occupational therapist, Registered Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker looking for a new role? Livewell Southwest, one of the most exciting organisations in Health & Social Care, is seeking an enthusiastic practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary team who has an interest in older people mental health within the community.
At the Primary Care Mental Health Team (PCMHT) we are a practitioner led service. Working with people within the community offering assessment and short-term intervention. We have and continue to develop the team in line with the Community mental health framework. This includes a much bigger emphasis on early intervention and person-centred pathways within the community.
You will be working alongside professionals internal and external within the Primary and Core Services providing outstanding care in the community for Service Users.
As a Community Mental Health Practitioner, you will have the opportunity to provide a range of evidence based, recovery focussed interventions on both an individual and group basis to service users and their carers. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with and provide consultation to the wider support networks.
All Livewell Southwest staff are expected to able and willing to work across a 7 day service.
Job Share(s) Considered
Main duties of the job
You will, as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team in accordance with Livewell policies, work collaboratively with service users with a significant degree of mental health complexity, their carers &other agencies, enabling them to access mental health specialist support when required in line with Recovery & Trauma Informed Principles.
You will manage a workload working closely with other statutory &non-statutory agencies to provide specialist mental health assessment &evidenced based treatments (both individual &group work based) for people with diagnosis or symptoms of mental health for early intervention.
You will provide senior leadership, coordinating the service delivery, prioritising workload &providing clinical advice to junior staff.
You will also be able to offer consultation to other services &contribute to multi agency forum, you will contribute to the training of others.
You will participate in &chair, Risk Management &Professionals meetings.
You will have access to support &supervision from an experienced multi-disciplinary team.
You will contribute to the development of training programmes for junior staff &the local induction programme &mentor students.
You will lead on investigations for complaints, SIRI;s &grievances.
“please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility”
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.
We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.
Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:
Protected CPD time for registered staff
Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
Leadership & mentoring programmes
Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship into Nurse Training
A Robust Preceptorship
A bespoke induction programme
Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibility for People Management
- Responsible for supervising junior staff within the PCMHT
- Support the induction of new staff across the PCMHT
- Act as a mentor for students
- Ensure that they receive appropriate regular line management and clinical supervision in line with current policies of Livewell Southwest.
- Maintain close links with all other Livewell Services as required.
- Participate in the provision of relevant community placements and training programmes for Mental Health professionals.
Responsibility for administration
- Keep up to date electronic/paper records of all patient and staff activity, ensuring these are kept in a safe place, in accordance with NMC or HPC guidelines, and Livewell Southwest policies including record keeping, confidentiality, Data Protection Act and the Mental Health Act and professional conduct
- Aware of NMC standards or own professional standards and Livewell Southwest guidelines on Mental Health Act and Data Protection Act.
Responsibility for people who use our services
- In conjunction with other staff from the in the Primary care mental health team, provide initial assessments in GP surgeries to determine mental health needs and They will also provide consultation and advice to referrers and other agencies regarding alternative appropriate services when the patient does not need the support of the CMHT pathway.
- Provide evidence based recovery focussed interventions for patients and carers on an individual or group basis in conjunction with our partner agencies.
- Advise, in conjunction with Drs and the Non-medical prescriber, on matters relating to medication.
- In conjunction with the MDT and other relevant service areas, will develop and deliver psychoeducational packages and training related to the management of common mental health disorders to support third sector agencies to assist them to support people with common mental health problems who do not require ongoing support from the community mental health teams.
- Provide consultation to primary care and third sector agencies to ensure that those people who require mental health support are identified and are referred onto the appropriate services in a timely manner.
- Work closely with nominated GP surgeries to provide assessment, support and guidance for those people who present frequently or present with complex problems but who do not meet the criteria for secondary mental health care.
- Involved in the triaging of mental health work in GP surgeries and educating primary care staff on the role of the Primary Care Mental Health Team.
- Develop and maintain links with primary care and third sector agencies
- Support the team manager with the daily management of the team, taking the lead in the absence of team manager.
Responsibility for implementation of policy and/or service developments
- Take an active role in the development of the team, attending team away days, business meetings and attendance at MDT meetings.
- Work with the PCMHT to develop interventions which support the PCMHT and wider mental health services to become NICE guideline compliant.
- Attend any relevant working groups as directed by the manager in relation to the educational aspect of their role.
- Work under the direction of the PCMHT manager to agree how the education packages will be delivered
- Support the development and delivery of training for patients, carers and partner agencies in agreement with the CMHT Primary Care manager.
- Take part in the clinical audit of the team. This will include annual Records audits.
Other Responsibilities
- Keep up-to-date this will include Mandatory training and developments in mental health care.
COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
- Build relationships with 3rd sector agencies, other primary care services and secondary mental health services.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB
This role will involve regular time spent using computerised systems.
It will involve travel across the city throughout the day
The post may involve carrying equipment from one area to another to support the delivery of training
The job will involve lone working in a variety of settings including patient’s homes, GP surgeries and a number of community settings.
The job will include exposure to sensitive personal information
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to travel across Plymouth.
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner within a team including:
- Assessment skills.
- Communication and liaison skills.
- Leadership skills/ Supervisory skills.
- Team working skills.
- Self-management ability.
- Prioritising workload/resources
- Administration skills.
- Interpersonal skills.
- Computer skills.
- Risk assessment management.
- Crisis management.
- Lone working.
- Ability to plan/implement a package of care in the community for patients with mental health problems.
- Ability to manage a caseload ensuring record keeping meets the standards of Livewell Southwest.
- Responsible and self-motivated.
- Able to manage own stress.
- Flexible and reliable.
- Empathic.
Desirable
- Ability to recognise and support stress in others.
- Mentorship or equivalent.
- Group Interaction Skills.
- Specific Therapeutic interventions.
- Positive risk management.
- Full driving license for at least 12 months.
- Good working knowledge of the Care Quality Commission.
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN/Dip HE/BSc Mental Health Nursing- NMC Registration.
- Occupational Therapy Degree HCPC Registration.
- Social Work Degree or PG Dip or MA Social Work England Registration
- Youth work degree
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 2 year post relevant registration experience.
- Multi-disciplinary working.
- Relevant experience of working with adults with a history of severe and enduring mental illness.
- Leadership and management experience within a clinical setting
Desirable
- Life experience in wide range of settings.
- Experience within a community mental Health setting.
Knowledge
Essential
- Mental Health Act.
- Confidentiality.
- Applies knowledge of CPA and Care Co-ordination.
- Psychiatric illnesses: and the evidence based management of people with sever and enduring mental illness in the community
- Knowledge of NICE guidelines in relation to mental health and the ability to apply evidence-based practice.
- MCA/DOLS.
Desirable
- Breakaway.
- Networking with other agencies.
- Ethical issues in relation to Mental Health.
- System one/ECPA/computer patient records.
- Interest and awareness of national and local services developments.
- Group work experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
