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PCN Mental Health Practitioner | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	30 Mai 2024
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£42,471 - £50,364 per annum inclusive of HCAs
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	29 Mehefin 2024
Lleoliad:	Lambeth, SW9 7AA
Cwmni:	South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	6136101/334-CLI-6136101

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The Living Well Network Alliance (LWNA) has been developed to transform the way adult mental health services are delivered in Lambeth. We have brought together community mental health teams, social workers and the voluntary sector to provide holistic support in three Living Well Centres. The LWNA works in an innovative way to offer joined-up and personalised support to service users, we also offer a range of support and training opportunities to employees. We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health challenges. This is valuable and we recognise the positive impact this experience can have on the work we do.

You will be based at an agreed GP location and be supported by Primary Care colleagues and Living Well Centres. We are engaged in an exciting period of transformation and development which will result in improved pathways between services. These roles will be key in developing new relationships and improved ways of working between primary and secondary care in Lambeth.

We have career pathways available, you will be able to develop your skills and build your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways to PCN Team Leader and other band vacancies across the Living Well Network and SLaM. In addition, we offer ongoing training and professional development with various mental health modalities and leadership skills.

Key duties include:
• To work with patients and General Practice team members to support engagement with appropriate services and treatment which may include onward referral to Living Well Centres or signposting to other services, social prescribers, voluntary sector services and community-based support groups.
• To assist in supporting early intervention and shared decision-making around self-management of symptoms and adherence to treatment.
• To contribute to the improvement of pathways and communication between primary and secondary care.
• Contribute to the improvement of physical health for people with mental health needs.
• To provide informal, mental health specific learning for staff across the Primary Care Network, including providing specialist advice relating to mental health.

About the Location

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within a strong and forward-driven team to improve patients’ outcomes. The new roles will be integrated within General Practice within a Primary Care Network neighbourhood working closely with, and being supported by, integrated teams based in Lambeth’s Living Well Centres.

Benefits:

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:
• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants

We look forward to receiving your application.
• Provide medicine management education, adherence advice and lifestyle advice for patients and their families and/or carers presenting with mental health needs
• Support patients to transition from secondary care to primary care by providing appropriate number of step down sessions at the point of step down from secondary care services dependant on patient need.
• Support patients in their referral from primary care to secondary care and ensure effective and safe transition.
• Support patients to stay well within their local communities, including psychological support and the re-enforcement of psychology techniques.
• Promote the safety and the wellbeing of patients and their families and/or carers
• Develop a close relationship with Primary Care practices within the PCN, attending practice meetings and having regular informal contact.
• Work closely and in partnership with colleagues within Primary Care and their community partner organisations in a collaborative way, ensuring that decisions are made that ensure the best care for service users and that there is a seamless pathway.
• Support GPs in assessing risk by providing expert advice and consultation.
• Support primary care teams with the review of long-acting depot injections for those patients with complex needs, offering support with administration on an occasional basis if required.
• Support patients on the SMI register to access annual physical health checks, working with other professionals as required

Quality Improvement
• Contribute to the improvement of pathways between primary and secondary care and where practicable, to standardise processes across the PCN
• Improve quality and effectiveness of prescribing of mental health medications through clinical audit and education of prescribers to improve performance against NICE standards and clinical and prescribing guidance
• Support primary care initiatives which improve the physical health outcomes of those with a long-term mental health condition and the mental health outcomes of those with a long-term physical health condition

Training Development and Education:
• Provide informal mental health specific learning for staff across the Primary Care Network, including providing specialist advice relating to mental health
• Undertake mandatory and statutory training as required by Trust policy, identifying individual training needs.
• Contribute and commit to undertaking an annual Development Review/appraisal.
• Undertake personal development as identified in the Personal Development Plan (PDP).


This advert closes on Sunday 16 Jun 2024