Primary Care Mental Health Team Leader

This is a new and exciting post to support the development and delivery of the mental health care offer across the Primary Care Networks as part of our transformation of mental health services in Dorset.

The post holder will be based and embedded within the Primary Care Networks in Weymouth & Portland and Central ( Dorchester & Bridport) localities and supported by the West Dorset Community Mental Health Teams. The role will entail line management of the Specialist Mental Health Practitioners based within Primary Care (ARRS Specialist MH Practitioners) as well as the Physical Health Support Workers operating from the CMHT's and focussed on the SMI register within a defined group of PCN's.

You will provide clinical and operational advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis, and decision-making skills.

Your role will be community based working 22.5 hours across the week within the hours of Mon - Fri 9-5, but flexible working will be required to meet the needs of the role and service., Responsible for ensuring the delivery of high quality person centred services with a focus on integrated care which always considers people's safety, privacy and dignity.

Day-to-day management and leadership of a clinical team and/or specialist practitioners and other staff in the multi-disciplinary team.

To act as a champion for clinical standards and for continuous improvement in the service user experience.

To ensure the delivery of up to date evidence based practice.

Contribute to the planning and design of services in line with Trust, locality and government objectives to meet the needs of local people.

The role will require working with GPs, practice nurses and other Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) workers e.g., Specialist Mental health practitioner, social prescribers, health and wellbeing coaches, care co-ordinators, as part of the wider primary care Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), and will also involve many other valuable services from the voluntary and community sector. You will work with primary care GPs to manage the mental health needs of their population at the point of contact. This includes those with lower-level support requirements that can be met within primary care.

This role is accountable to the Integrated Service Managers for both Weymouth & Portland and Central (Dorchester & Bridport) Community Mental Health Services.

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.