Band 6 PCN Mental Health Practitioner

Job overview

Are you an experienced Mental Health Practitioner looking to work autonomously, in a forward thinking, fast-paced environment?

Whether you are a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker; this is the ideal challenge for someone who is looking to make a difference in Great Yarmouth and the Northern villages.

The Great Yarmouth Primary Care Network is made up of the following General Practices; Lighthouse medical centre, Park Surgery, Newtown Surgery, and the Coastal Villages surgeries.

You’ll be working alongside an experienced lead mental health practitioner. We’re a collaborative team and work closely with all those who are based at the practices. There will be a period of induction and orientation shadowing other PCN MHP and there are regular opportunities to access relevant training.

Our Primary Care Network (PCN) Service for Mental Health has been developed to provide access to mental health services in Primary Care as part of an integrated health and care system, which brings care closer to home for our population.

The Great Yarmouth Primary Care Network are passionate about developing their mental health provision; they’re proactive and enthusiastic and need a forward-thinking, driven mental health practitioner to help them achieve their aspirations.

If you are excellent at building relationships, a great communicator and feel confident making your

Main duties of the job

As a PCN MH practitioner, you will work across the interface between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health Services undertaking the planning and delivery of direct patient care.

The ideal candidate will have an interest and experience in a mental health setting; you’ll have good organisational skills as you will need to manage your own workload, as well as offering support and advice to other health care professionals. You will be an autonomous practitioner, making clinical judgements, identifying alternative courses of action and providing high-quality care.

We’re committed to training, continuous professional development and ensuring all members of the team can access resources to help them to develop and progress. When you join us, you can expect to be supported from the start; you’ll spend time with our community teams learning about the different roles they have, as well as shadowing other members of the PCN.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Quote from a member of staff

‘I enjoy working closely with GP colleagues to facilitate appropriate care for patients and provide a link between the GP surgery and secondary mental health services, knowing that these fields have occasionally felt like very separate and distinct parts of healthcare … I am passionate about this new way of supporting patients at the front door, reducing waiting times for people in distress and easing pressure on mental health teams and services.’

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview date is expected to be Friday 30th January but may be subject to change. Once shortlisting has been completed you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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