Job responsibilities

Competencies & Behaviours:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

Team Work: Work effectively and professionally within the wider Practice clinical team and as a local surgery team through a willingness to proactively support and assist their peers and colleagues.

Autonomous: Ability to work independently by making informed decisions based on knowledge and clinical judgement. Whilst also having the ability to recognise when a problem / issue should be escalated or referred for specialist investigation because it falls outside of the scope of the role and your knowledge.

Ability to react to and face challenges or setbacks in a positive manner with a commitment to continuous improvement of their own skills and behaviours and also of the service.

Ability to remain focused on providing and continuously improving an excellent patient and internal customer service.

Ability to work effciently and to strict deadlines. To be driven by the setting and achieving of individual and team targets.

Ability to gather, process, analyse and input large volumes of information to deadlines whilst maintaining highest levels of attention to detail.

Ability to exercise and adhere to the Practice condentiality policies.

Ability to organise, prioritise and manage your own work demands by assessing levels of urgency and importance.

Skills:-

Able to calmly, professionally and efficiently identify patients / internal customers needs.

Able to, calmly, professionally and efficiently deliver patients / internal customers needs with a warm reassuring demeanour.

Able to skilfully signpost / refer the patient or customer to the most appropriate person or alternative solution to their needs.

Risk Management

It is essential the post holder is willing to access support and advice as appropriate. Awareness of the scope / boundaries of their own responsibilities, decision making, skills and knowledge is vital and to assertively and appropriately escalate and/or access support.

Competent in the use of IT systems.

Ability to learn how to navigate and interrogate systems, input data with an attention to detail and follow designated processes and procedures.

Qualifications / Requirements:

Registered and ongoing membership with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) by ensuring professional skills and knowledge up to date and uphold professional standards.

Safeguarding Adult & Children at Level 3 training can be provided

Certification of Enhanced Criminal Record Check with children's and/or adults barred list check(s).

Customers Internal and External:-

Supporting the Practice in achieving our organisational goals.

External Customers:-

Other Health Agencies / Authorities; Such as Hospitals / local health authorities/Patients.

Internal Customers:-

Wider Clinical Team (Practice Nursing, GP and AHP teams).

Unity Health's team (Reception and Clinical Teams).

Confidentiality:-

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines.

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.

Reporting potential risks identified.

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies and current legislation.

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development:-

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:-

Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice and will:

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.

Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to;

Communicate effectively with other team members.

Communicate effectively with patients and carers.

Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

The post-holder will:

Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance.

Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.

Participate in audits where appropriate.

Experience

Desirable

• Practice nurse experience

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registered nurse
• IT literate

Desirable

• Practice Nurse experience
• Understanding of chronic disease management including asthma, COPD and diabetes
• Cervical screening sample taker
• Spirometry

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

This is a new, exciting, and innovative post to support the needs of the local population living with mental health difficulties. The role holder will fulfil an Advanced first contact specialist mental health role within GP Practices across the 8 Primary Care Networks (PCNs) The 8 PCNs are: Priory Medical Group PCN, Selby Town PCN, South Hambleton and Ryedale PCN, Tadcaster and Rural PCN, West Outer and North East York PCN, Unity Health PCN, York East PCN, York Medical Group PCN

You will assess patients who would otherwise have traditionally seen a GP. Within the primary care setting, the role holder will work in a collaborative and multi-agency way. This will contribute to the safe and effective day to day operation of the PCN and the efficient and timely management of clinical enquiries and decision-making.

The post will sit within the GP Practices and will facilitate the interface between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health Services to provide specialist advice and support, assessment, treatment, education and solution-focused approaches to the local Primary Care Teams, for patients and carers.

The post-holder will manage their daily clinics and act as a specialist advisor to GPs, such as specialist opinion or prescribing support (within the parameters of the Non-medical prescribing/NMP framework)

You will be a non-medical prescriber or be willing to study towards this accreditation. Experience of cognitive behavioural therapy would be advantageous.

You will assume an active leadership role in the establishment of partnerships and networks with key stakeholders across the PCNs and the wider mental health care system. To offer specialist advice to, or obtain advice for, the Primary Care Team on appropriate interventions and on-going patient care management.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.

Please do not hesitate to make contact for further information.

Qualifications

Essential

• Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work - HCPC registration, NMC registration or Social Work England Registration.
• Ability to evidence Continuing Professional Development since registration.
• Certificate in mentoring, teaching & assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession.
• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area.
• Clinical Supervisor.
• Recognised sign-off mentor (or equivalent) for students or must be achieved within agreed timescale.
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)

Desirable

• NMP (or willing to work towards within an agreed timescale, if relevant to professional registration).
• Leadership or management qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting.
• Demonstrable leadership or management experience in a senior clinical role.
• Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
• Experience working in primary care.
• Providing clinical supervision.
• Mentoring students on practice placement experience.
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Quality improvement activities.

Desirable

• Experience working in a multiagency setting.

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for patients in the designated field.
• Ability to evidence an advanced level of clinical competence in one area of specialty practice.
• Knowledge of Stepped Care model.
• Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
• Care Programme Approach and its application in practice.
• Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice.
• Understanding of the physical healthcare needs and impact of patients with a LD or mental health problem.
• Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
• Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
• Research and development methodology.
• Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of delivering psycho-social interventions and approaches.
• Contemporaneous knowledge and understanding of recent health and social care policy guidance and implications on practice.

Skills

Essential

• Communicate highly complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional responsibilities.
• Work effectively across complex organisations, pathways and services.
• Demonstrable management and leadership skills.
• Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
• Write reports.
• Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings.
• Use approved breakaway techniques.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Able to work in accordance with the Staff Compact and Trust Values and Behaviours.
• Compassionate in meeting the needs of vulnerable people and their families and carers.
• Able to engage with vulnerable people and work effectively in distressing and challenging circumstances.
• Able to work flexibly and co-operatively as part of a team.
• Able to use own initiative and make decisions independently.
• Committed to continual quality and service improvement.
• Self-aware and committed to professional and personal development. Able to accept and respond positively to feedback from supervision.
• Committed to promoting a positive image of people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities.
• Committed to promoting a positive image of the service.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policies and service need.
• This post is subject to a satisfactory Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).