Primary Care Advanced Clinical Practitioner

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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust have an exciting opportunity along with Neston and Willaston Primary Care Network for an Advanced Practitioner in Mental Health to join our friendly, hardworking and patient focused Primary Care Network.

CWP and Neston and Williston PCN are looking for an Mental Health Advanced Clinical Practitioner. The Neston and Willaston PCN consists of Neston Surgery, Neston Medical Centre and Willaston Surgery. The practices work closely with the community with the aim of creating a healthier future for our patient population. The PCN has established roles including Physiotherapy, a visiting Paramedic Service, Clinical Pharmacy Team, Mental Health Practitioner, Social Prescribing Link Workers, and a Counselling service. Within the PCN we have a dedicated team involved with initial planning, sourcing, funding and the implementation of these much-needed services.

The PCN’s vision is to: Support positive outcomes in the community. Tackling and preventing health inequalities. Improve patient access to primary care. Help to create a more sustainable NHS

To exercise advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in the delivery of clinical care. Be responsible for delivering high quality mental health assessment diagnosis and treatment, promoting self-management, recovery, and wellness within Neston and Willaston PCN.

To be the first point of contact for patients presenting with Mental Health problems.

To be able to manage acute/ urgent mental health presentations.

To assess patient needs and to negotiate a treatment plan.

To proactively manage and review more complex mental health patients and organise appropriate routine investigations.

Please note : Interviews will take place on Thursday 28th September.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a ‘Silver’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Richard Kubilius Job title: Head of Clinical Services Email address: richard.kubilius2@nhs.net Telephone number: 07909871972