An exciting opportunity has arisen for Mental Health Practitioners to join our Primary Care Mental Health Team working across East Birmingham working within our Primary Care Networks (PCNs).

Our community mental health services are well-established teams, as part of the BSOL community transformation programme, we are looking to increase our primary care teams with these roles, focussing on a presence alongside GP colleagues within PCNs. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of national change and developments in the delivery of community mental health care. The development of our Primary Care mental health team is an essential service which we are in the process of evolving in line with the NHS Long Term Plan.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsiblefor providing mental health triage, assessment and outcomes based Intervention for service users within the Primary care mental health team.

You will be responsible for triaging new referral's, identifying need and best course of advice, support or intervention.

You will be responsible for promoting psychosocial wellbeing by identifying and then supporting pathways for service users and carers.

Crucial to this role will be your ability toensure robust communication across FTB/BSMHFT and primary care in accordance with each individual service users needs by provide support and advice to all colleagues with the PCN as required including participation within the local neighbourhood MDT's.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Job description Job responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification Essential Essential

• Registered Healthcare Practitioner (NMC or HCPC)
• Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice (or equivalent) in field of practice
• Independent prescribing qualification
• Post qualification experience in Mental Health.
• Extensive experience as a registered professional working with and managing people with complex problems

Desirable

• Post registration qualifications relevant to mental health

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