Main area: Adult Community Mental Health Team
Grade Band: 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Part time
37.5 hours per week (1x 0.6 WTE post covering Central Gloucester PCN, 1x1.0 WTE post covering Cheltenham Peripheral PCN and 1x1.0 WTE covering St Paul's PCN)
Job ref: 327-25-015 Site: Eastgate House
Town: Gloucester
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/01/2025 23:59
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
Our application process aims to understand each candidate's knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over-reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us.
Job overview
ARRS Mental Health Practitioner – Primary Care (Inner City Gloucester PCN 0.6 WTE, Cheltenham Peripheral PCN 1.0 WTE and St Paul's PCN, Cheltenham 1.0 WTE) This is an exciting opportunity to improve the experience for individuals with mental health needs through offering early assessment and access to treatment and support to promote mental health and well-being within primary care. Embedded within Primary Care Networks (PCNs), our ARRS Practitioners are outward facing linking seamlessly with the Gloucestershire Health and Care (GHC) NHS Foundation Trust, where we will provide support with supervision and training opportunities. The PCNs provide a welcoming environment for SMHPs making them feel part of their teams, and there is Countywide support from SMHP colleagues based in other practices. Main duties of the job
The ARRS Practitioner will be an integrated member of the GP practice team and will take the lead in ensuring best practice is delivered across your allocated GP surgeries. The role requires working autonomously in providing high volume assessment, diagnosis, and treatment appointments, advice and support for GPs in caring for other patients with mental health issues, and improve links with and navigation to community providers. The MH Practitioner will work within a number of GP practices within a specific Primary Care Network. Enthusiasm, an ability to work flexibly and collaboratively with colleagues across service areas to bring about change and the desire to develop and improve services will be fundamental to these roles. Professional development, governance support, training and supervision will be provided by GHC Trust working collaboratively with colleagues in Primary Care. We will consider offering a Band 6 developmental role to candidates with suitable knowledge and experience. Support from our Operational Lead, the wider team and colleagues within each PCN will be in place to help development into the Band 7 role. For more information please contact Hannah Rigby. Working for our organisation
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that: 89.7%
believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 73.3%
would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 82.4%
agree that care of patients and service users is the organisation's priority; 76.7%
would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative. Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be expected: To work within a multi-professional primary care team to provide a service for adults 18+ with varying levels of mental health needs, including SMI and Complex Emotional Needs that may co-exist with physical health problems within the registered patient population. To exercise a high degree of professional autonomy and make critical judgments to satisfy the expectations and demands of the role. To act as a practice leader, managing your own workload and to work across professional, organisational and system boundaries to improve services and develop practice. To navigate, liaise with and refer onto mental health services, voluntary and public sector agencies and community support groups. To support the delivery of annual mental health reviews for adults on the practices’ mental health register. To provide specialist advice, supervision and support to practice colleagues in relation to patients with mental health issues. In particular to help identify (through Risk Stratification) those patients potentially at risk of relapse to support their continued wellbeing and to reduce their impact on the Health and Wellbeing service as a whole. The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification. Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Non Medical Prescriber LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Significant, recent clinical experience in the assessment of mental health at Band 7 level. Front line experience of using advanced assessment skills especially in determining the nature and severity of mental illness/health (functional and organic) and differentiation between physical and mental health symptoms and conditions. Extensive working knowledge of the makeup of the wider health and social care community including statutory and non-statutory services and direct experience of multi inter-agency working and collaboration. Detailed working knowledge of how specialist mental health services are organised and operate, where and how they fit into the health and social care community. Contemporary experience of working in a primary care setting. Experience of assessment and management of patients with mental health conditions in a primary care setting. Experience of the wider community mental health service in recovery/crisis teams. When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer: Free car parking at many of our sites 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification. A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities Recognition and long service awards Fast Track physiotherapy Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers. Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application. For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document. Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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ARRS Mental Health Practitioner – Primary Care (Inner City Gloucester PCN 0.6 WTE, Cheltenham Peripheral PCN 1.0 WTE and St Paul's PCN, Cheltenham 1.0 WTE) This is an exciting opportunity to improve the experience for individuals with mental health needs through offering early assessment and access to treatment and support to promote mental health and well-being within primary care. Embedded within Primary Care Networks (PCNs), our ARRS Practitioners are outward facing linking seamlessly with the Gloucestershire Health and Care (GHC) NHS Foundation Trust, where we will provide support with supervision and training opportunities. The PCNs provide a welcoming environment for SMHPs making them feel part of their teams, and there is Countywide support from SMHP colleagues based in other practices. Main duties of the job
The ARRS Practitioner will be an integrated member of the GP practice team and will take the lead in ensuring best practice is delivered across your allocated GP surgeries. The role requires working autonomously in providing high volume assessment, diagnosis, and treatment appointments, advice and support for GPs in caring for other patients with mental health issues, and improve links with and navigation to community providers. The MH Practitioner will work within a number of GP practices within a specific Primary Care Network. Enthusiasm, an ability to work flexibly and collaboratively with colleagues across service areas to bring about change and the desire to develop and improve services will be fundamental to these roles. Professional development, governance support, training and supervision will be provided by GHC Trust working collaboratively with colleagues in Primary Care. We will consider offering a Band 6 developmental role to candidates with suitable knowledge and experience. Support from our Operational Lead, the wider team and colleagues within each PCN will be in place to help development into the Band 7 role. For more information please contact Hannah Rigby. Working for our organisation
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that: 89.7%
believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 73.3%
would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 82.4%
agree that care of patients and service users is the organisation's priority; 76.7%
would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative. Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be expected: To work within a multi-professional primary care team to provide a service for adults 18+ with varying levels of mental health needs, including SMI and Complex Emotional Needs that may co-exist with physical health problems within the registered patient population. To exercise a high degree of professional autonomy and make critical judgments to satisfy the expectations and demands of the role. To act as a practice leader, managing your own workload and to work across professional, organisational and system boundaries to improve services and develop practice. To navigate, liaise with and refer onto mental health services, voluntary and public sector agencies and community support groups. To support the delivery of annual mental health reviews for adults on the practices’ mental health register. To provide specialist advice, supervision and support to practice colleagues in relation to patients with mental health issues. In particular to help identify (through Risk Stratification) those patients potentially at risk of relapse to support their continued wellbeing and to reduce their impact on the Health and Wellbeing service as a whole. The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification. Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Non Medical Prescriber LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Significant, recent clinical experience in the assessment of mental health at Band 7 level. Front line experience of using advanced assessment skills especially in determining the nature and severity of mental illness/health (functional and organic) and differentiation between physical and mental health symptoms and conditions. Extensive working knowledge of the makeup of the wider health and social care community including statutory and non-statutory services and direct experience of multi inter-agency working and collaboration. Detailed working knowledge of how specialist mental health services are organised and operate, where and how they fit into the health and social care community. Contemporary experience of working in a primary care setting. Experience of assessment and management of patients with mental health conditions in a primary care setting. Experience of the wider community mental health service in recovery/crisis teams. When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer: Free car parking at many of our sites 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification. A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities Recognition and long service awards Fast Track physiotherapy Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers. Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application. For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document. Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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