Mental Health Practitioner – Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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On behalf of the general practices of Derby City, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking to employ a team of Primary Care Mental Health Workers and Occupational Therapists.
This is to provide a supportive role for patients experiencing mental health problems; conducting high quality assessments of people’s mental health needs and using this information to inform formulation, diagnosis and care planning.
Your team will be based with Community Action Derby, from where you will deliver remote consultations as well as visiting your individual Primary Care Networks Practices.
Main duties of the job
The Derby City Primary Care Networks First Contact Mental Health Service is being developed to build the capacity and capability of Derby City General Practice to better manage patients presenting with mental health problems in primary care.
The service provides appointments for Derby City General practice registered patients. Patients are booked directly into appointments by practice reception staff.
You will consult (remotely at first by telephone) patients centrally for all Derby City practices.
As a member of the growing Derby City First Contact Mental Health team, you will provide first contact mental health consultations to patients registered with Derby City General practices.
You will be employed by Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (DHcFT) in a jointly funded post with Derby City Primary Care Networks.
The role is funded 50:50 through the PCN Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme and DHcFT. Although DHcFT fund the roles and provide human resource management and supervision, the post is entirely within general practice with no additional DHcFT duties.
Working for your organisation
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust."
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
- Involvement in trust wide, local and national AHP activities
If you wish to apply, please apply here.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Rachel Chambers, Area Service Manager - rchambers1@nhs.net
