Integrated Mental Health Practitioner – Primary Care

To improve the lives of people with mental ill health by minimising the impact of theircondition through the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and wellbeing? To be compassionate in meeting the needs of patients and their cares? To work closely with Primary Care and Community health care colleagues within thelocality regarding the mental health needs of their adult practice population? Under the supervision of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Team Manager to beprofessionally accountable and responsible for patient care. Undertaking initial assessment and identifying patient's holistic needs. This may be byworking in collaboration with other appropriate services or by providing time-limitedtherapeutic interventions directly within a primary care setting or patient home. To carry own caseload and act as lead professional under the supervision of theAdvanced nurse practitioner/Team manager. To promote social inclusion, community access and participation through the provisionof patient care? To provide clinical advise, consultation and support to other care providers withinprimary, secondary voluntary and statutory services as required? To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental ill health? To promote at all times a positive image of the Mental Health Service and PCN.

Promote and maintain safety, privacy and dignity of all patients in the delivery of patientcentered care, recognizing and respecting differences including spiritual and culturalbeliefs Act, wherever applicable, in accordance with the Mental Health Act, Mental CapacityAct and associated policies and procedures Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of patient self-harm, abuse orneglect, including poor clinical practice reporting all such concerns and taking allreasonable steps to protect the patient. Responsible for identifying and reportingconcerns regarding the safeguarding of children who may be at risk Responsible for ensuring the highest professional standards and attitudes towards thecare of patients are maintained and that care is delivered in accordance with evidencebased practice at all times. Patients have a range of mental health conditions of mildto moderate severity (including issues relating to child abuse), they may have difficultfamily situations and may demonstrate behaviors that challenge at initial assessment,or as a result of unexpected changes during program of therapy Undertake a comprehensive initial assessment of referred patients, including thosewith complex needs and use clinical judgement and analysis to sign post to appropriateservices, or to retain within the primary care mental health service for time-limitedtherapy Support patients and their families / carers in the community, providing advice andliaising with other support services to co-ordinate individual support packages Provides clinical advice and consultation on complex issues to other members of theclinical team and staff from other disciplines and agencies Under the supervision of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Team Manager haveresponsibility for own caseload of patients and takes responsibility as lead professionalas appropriate. Develop, implement and evaluate intervention / care plans as part ofthe multi-disciplinary team, statutory and non-statutory agencies and with theinvolvement of the patient and where appropriate, their carer or family Ensure that intervention / care plans are based on current risk assessment evidencebased practice, critical thinking and whole system support requirements that takeaccount of relevant physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, generic andenvironmental factors

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Qualifications

Essential: - Professional qualification in mental health or equivalent.

Desirable: - Evidence of specialist study / qualifications

Work Experience & Attainments

Essential: - Varied clinical experience in a range of Mental Health Services (or other relevant health/social care settings)

Desirable: - Responding and resolving complaints at local level