Mental Health Practitioner

As a Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) within Lancaster Medical Practice (LMP) you will play an important role supporting patients with mild to moderate mental health problems. You will provide support to people suffering from various mental health conditions. The work involves helping the patient to access the most appropriate services, to recover from their illness or to come to terms with it in order to lead a positive life. The role of the MHP will be part of the Advanced Clinical Team within the Multi-Professional Clinical Team (MPCT) and you will work closely with GPs, ACPs and other healthcare professionals., As a MHP you'll be involved in:

Assessing and talking to patients about their problems and discussing the best way to plan and deliver their care within a time limited structure.

Ensuring the correct administration of medication and monitoring the results of treatment including reviewing and making recommendations in respect of anti- depressants and other commonly used medications.

Carrying out mental health reviews for patients with a mental health condition or personality disorders.

Seeing patients on the day, and for follow up in connection with their mental health concerns.

Lancaster Medical Practice is a large, at-scale, GP provider delivering General Medical Services to around 68,000 patients in Lancaster and surrounding villages. Formed in April 2017 from our successful, legacy practices, Lancaster Medical Practice has continued to evolve to become the strong, high performing Practice it is today, receiving a rating of Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission in August 2018.

We deliver our services from eight locations throughout the city of Lancaster and its surrounding area and are continuing to develop ourselves to improve what we do for our patients, staff and the local community. We are a progressive, modern organisation with patient-centred General Practice at our core. When joining #teamlmp you are joining an organisation with a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical roles but who all work together to provide the best care we can to our patients.

LMP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All successful candidates will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All staff are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment and will be responsible for safeguarding the interests of children and adults who they come into contact during their work.