Job vacancy: Primary Care Liaison Mental Health Practitioner, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge

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Primary Care Liaison Mental Health Practitioner

Band 7

Main area: Adult and Specialist
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Secondment: 12 months
Hours: Part time: 22.5 hours per week
Job ref: 310-ASMH-2873467

Site: Elizabeth House
Town: Cambridge
Salary: £38,890 - £44,503 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/01/2021 23:59
Interview date: 26/01/2021

We are looking to recruit a Band 7 Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner on 12 months secondment to join our new Primary Care Mental Health Service covering Cambridge. The role would require a clinician who is NMC or HCPC registered, who is energetic, motivated and enthusiastic and has excellent communication skills; the ability to build and maintain relationships across primary care, secondary care and 3^rd sector organisations.

Our Primary Care Mental Health service is receiving national interest as a new and innovative way of working in Primary care. Our clinicians are based in GP practices and Neighborhood teams ensuring that people with Mental Health needs are seen at the right time, in the right place, by the right people.

The band 7 clinical role would require sound mental health clinical knowledge and experience. Working autonomously and making clinical decisions following completion of face to face assessments, triage,brief interventions, signposting and referrals on to secondary care services.

The referrals received by our service are planned and routine.

We are looking for the following staff:

Band 7 Mental Health Practitioner (PRISM) (Primary Care) (Nurse, OT, SW)

To operate in the following location;

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement. We aim to support people of all ages to achieve the very best they can for their health and well being.

To ensure that we achieve this goal we look to recruit candidates of a high caliber that share our passion for delivering excellent service user care, research and education.

The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under considerable pressure at times, with a desire for innovation.

We will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role. We are keen to support and develop our staff through a clear career pathway and encourage promotional opportunities within the Trust.

If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for our community by supporting people with mental health or learning disability needs then we want to hear from you.

Please note salary range to be amended in line with Agenda for Change pay 2020/2021.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
Children and young people’s mental health services;
Children’s community services in Peterborough;
Social care;
Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our BAME and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please email edi@cpft.nhs.uk.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around their personal circumstances.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate) and references to cover 3 years of continuous employment. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Face-to-Face interviews are currently not permitted due to COVID-19, therefore they will be conducted via Microsoft Teams.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.