Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Proactive Care Mental Health Practitioner to join our Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT) on a 6-month secondment.
This is a unique opportunity to help shape and deliver an innovative neighbourhood-based model of care, bringing specialist mental health expertise directly into the homes of people who are unable to access traditional clinic-based services.
Working as a core member of the Frailty Integrated Neighbourhood Team, you will provide high-quality mental health assessment, intervention, risk management and care coordination for adults living with frailty, multimorbidity, cognitive impairment and complex psychosocial needs.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver comprehensive biopsychosocial mental health assessments within patients' homes, care homes and community settings.
- Support individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, complex adjustment difficulties, dementia-related distress, cognitive impairment and other mental health challenges associated with frailty.
- Provide evidence-based interventions, crisis prevention strategies and relapse prevention planning.
- Work collaboratively with GPs, community nursing teams, social care professionals, pharmacists, voluntary sector organisations and specialist mental health services.
- Facilitate access to Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), Memory Services, Liaison Psychiatry, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams, and Older Adult Mental Health Services.
- Provide consultation, education and clinical leadership to the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Contribute to service development and the continued evolution of neighbourhood-based mental health care.
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust. We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
Benefits
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.