Primary Care Mental Health Nurse

To be the first clinical point of contact for the service, effectively screening, assessing and working with service users with complex common mental health needs and stable, predictable and enduring serious mental health needs , exercising judgement to identify and assess healthcare needs, and consider range of options for treatment. To work in partnership with service users to assess their mental health needs using sound knowledge base and clinical judgement and where indicated deliver evidence based brief interventions. To deliver Primary care recovery focused Psychological Interventions that meet the need of service users who are too complex and/or not suitable for IAPT yet do not meet the threshold for the Psychological Therapies in Secondary care mental health. To deliver Wellness & Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) that supports a recovery focused care model that emphasises the service users choice, preference of interventions/treatment and establishes meaningful networks of support
that take into account their Bio/Psycho/Social needs. Support service users through their transition from secondary care mental health services and reduce the incidence of re-referral back into SMHS. Support Primary Care with SEMI registers and enabling services users with Stable& Enduring Mental Health difficulties to access physical health checks working towards reducing the inequity in mortality and morbidity rates for this population. To signpost and support the seamless transition of care to other services including primary, secondary care and voluntary services.