Mental Health Lead | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 02 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £46,148 - £52,809 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 02 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | South Sefton, L22 3XR |
| Cwmni: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7220746/350-MHC7220746 |
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This role will be based in South Sefton.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Step Forward Team as a Mental Health Lead working across the local division footprint. The post will be based on a neighbourhood level, delivering a population based approach to care focusing on prevention and early intervention for mental health.
We are looking to recruit x 1 fixed term/ secondment Band 7 Mental Health Practitioner to cover maternity leave within the Step Forward Team and be part of and lead the development of the service. Using senior level leadership and clinical skills you will input to provide seamless, integrated, responsive and holistic care throughout each service users individual journey.
The role will focus on the interface between Primary and Secondary care, adopting a collaborative care model to ensure that we provide access to rapid evidence-based clinical input and specialist clinical support when appropriate.
You will be working in primary care settings working with specific PCN's, Integrated Care Teams and with Community Mental Health Teams /other specialist teams.
The post requires working autonomously and as part of a team. Resilience and adaptability in approach are expected as well as the ability to offer and receive support from colleagues within the team. You will be expected to spend time developing good working relationships with colleagues across Primary and secondary care, VCSFE and local networks to facilitate collaborative integrated working.
The Step Forward Mental Health Team are also responsible for the triaging and routine assessments of all local referrals into mental health services.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
You will be working in primary care settings working with specific PCN's, Integrated Care Teams and with Community Mental Health Teams /other specialist teams.
The post requires working autonomously and as part of a team. Resilience and adaptability in approach are expected as well as the ability to offer and receive support from colleagues within the team. You will be expected to spend time developing good working relationships with colleagues across Primary and secondary care, VCSFE and local networks to facilitate collaborative integrated working.
The Step Forward Mental Health Team are also responsible for the triaging and routine assessments of all local referrals into mental health services.
This advert closes on Sunday 15 Jun 2025