Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Job overview

A key role within Forward Thinking Birmingham, we require Mental Health Nurses and Social Workers to work within our Referral Management Centre and play a key role in ensuring that high quality, clinically necessary care is being provided in the most appropriate and cost-effective therapeutic setting as part of Forward Thinking Birmingham’s mental healthcare model (FTB).

We are seeking Mental Health Nurses, LD Nurses, but will consider applications from Children's Nurses and Social Workers who have direct mental health experience

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible, as part of the Clinical Mental Health Team within the Referral Management Centre which is currently operational from Monday-Friday 9-5, (however may be operational from 8am-8pm on weekdays depending on service need.  The post holder will be managing referrals and referral enquiries. The post holder will be facilitating referral  flow within the service for allotted appointments, provide clinical advice, undertake rapid clinical triage for cases requiring FTB Urgent Care Pathway and conduct the initial triage for the specialist services within FTB including Early Intervention referrals.  You will be the point of contact for initial clinical queries, providing appropriate advice and guidance, and navigating the referrer/caller to the right care pathway or service (within or outside of FTB) in a timely and efficient manner with the aid of the 0-25 Service Directory and robust clinical processes and models in order to ensure the Referral Management Centre operates a streamline and effective service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

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