Mental Health Practitioner

post-holder will exercise advanced clinical expertise, acting within their

professional boundaries, providing advanced clinical skills and advice. The

post-holder will look to improve patients mental health outcomes by

demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to the

identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients

within their care. Working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary surgery

team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and

procedures whilst providing expert support and advice.

To deliver a high

standard of patient care as a practitioner in mental health, using specialist

knowledge, and a broad and in-depth theoretical knowledge base utilising

autonomous clinical skills.

Assessing,

planning, implementing and evaluating individual treatment plans for patients

including assessing patients suitability for psychological

interventions and medical treatment.

Working with patients

to support engagement with appropriate services and treatment, which may

include onward referral to secondary mental health services or

sign-posting to other psychological therapy services within Primary Care

e.g. NHS Talking Therapies.

As a high-achieving and well-organised practice, we embrace a Multi-Disciplinary Team approach to care provision.

Changes made from merging and working more effectively have enabled us to make investment into our buildings, making our estate one of the newest and brightest in the south west.

Qualifications

Attitude and Behaviour

Experience