Mental Health Practitioner

Job overview

We have a fixed term vacancy for a Mental Health Practitioner in the North Islington Core Team.. This is a commissioned service provided by North London Foundation Trust  Local Authority and VCS partners including Hillside Clubhouse and Age UK.  The service was developed in response to the Five Year Forward View, GP and commissioner and service user feedback and in line with the CIFT clinical strategy to enhance mental health expertise and support of primary care.

Main duties of the job

The aim of the service is to increase the number of people whose mental health support is appropriately managed within primary care and to enhance the capability and confidence of primary care staff to manage mental health conditions.  Patients may have complex mental health difficulties, long term physical health conditions, and/or be frequent users of GP or A&E and other resources, they may have been previously known to secondary care mental health services and may no longer reach their criteria or may not be willing to engage.  Much of the support to primary care staff is achieved through a combination of consultation, liaison and advice, mental health assessment and review, case formulation and risk assessment.

The service consists of 3 multidisciplinary teams across 3 geographically aligned neighbourhoods in Camden (NW3, West and South).  Each of these neighbourhoods is aligned to specific GP Practices. Each practitioner holds a small caseload whilst patients are receiving interventions from within the service.  This is to maintain capacity of the service to respond quickly to referrals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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