Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Primary Care Mental Health Liaison Practitioner
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The Bognor Assessment & Treatment Service
The Bognor Assessment & Treatment Service is a community mental health team which supports people living with a severe and enduring mental illness. The MHLP team is part of the Bognor Assessment and Treatment Service and work as liaison between the ATS and GP Surgeries. The post holder will work within GP surgeries and will be the liaison and link between primary care and secondary care services.
We Are Looking for an Experienced Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner (Mental Health Nurser)
To work within GP Surgeries to provide up to 10 sessions of psychologically informed or psycho educational interventions to people with moderate mental health problems. The successful applicant will also be responsible for completing initial assessments and liaising with GP's, IAPT services, local agencies and signposting to third sector services.
This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).
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Open to Band 5-6 Development nurses.
Working As An MHLP Includes
- Working autonomously to a defined caseload of clients diagnosed with mild to moderate mental health problems. This will include offering specific interventions such as psycho-education, CBT informed sessions and short term recovery focused interventions
- You will complete initial assessments and work closely with our referrals coordinators, GP's and other agencies.
- Your interventions will be a pre-defined offer of 6-8 sessions.
- You are welcome to co-facilitate groups if you have an interest in this area.
What You Will Receive From Us
- We are a friendly and supportive team that meets regularly to ensure you feel safe and supported.
- We offer several MDT meetings per week to ensure support is available for complex case discussions.
- You will receive regular managerial supervision and be offered the opportunity to supervise junior staff.
- You will also have access to regular clinical supervision and support from our Community Leads
- We actively encourage people to think about their development and career goals, and will support you to complete further training
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For Further Details / Informal Visits Contact:
Name: Hannah Ryan
Job title: Service Manager
Email address: Hannah.ryan15@nhs.net
Telephone number: 0300 304 0400
For further details / informal visits contact: We would welcome visits and conversations about the post. Please contact Hannah Ryan, Service Manager, Becky Orr, Team Leader or Jessica Lacey, Team Leader on 0300 304 0400, or email us on hannah.ryan15@nhs.net, becky.orr@nhs.net and mark.ellis21@nhs.net
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