Mental Health Conditions Assessment & Risk Formulation Training

 

Join GTS-MedOH and expert trainer Alex Rhind—Registered Mental Health Nurse and Clinical Lead, for a powerful, evidence-based training session designed for professionals working with complex and routine mental health presentations in occupational health and related settings.

 

About the Trainer – Alex Rhind
Alex Rhind is a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) and Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) with extensive experience across mental health services. Having held senior clinical and operational roles across multiple NHS Trusts, Alex brings an understanding of both direct care delivery and system-level risk oversight.

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He is currently the Clinical Mental Health Lead, specialising in complex case consultation, risk formulation, and workplace mental health training for both clinical and non-clinical staff. His expertise is informed by hands-on clinical practice, leadership, and formal training in root cause analysis and serious incident investigation.

 

Alex has led highly sensitive reviews presented at board level and within jury-led coroners' courts, giving him a broad and nuanced understanding of mental health risk, accountability, and systems learning. He is passionate about clinically sound, legally defensible practice and supporting professionals to improve their knowledge and skills in assessing and managing mental health conditions and risk.

 

Course Overview
This training provides a structured, clinically grounded approach to assessing mental health conditions in occupational health and related practice. Designed for practitioners dealing with both complex and routine presentations, the session equips delegates with tools to navigate uncertainty, assess risk, and communicate clinical opinions clearly and defensibly.

 

You’ll learn how to apply evidence-based tools used globally within mental health services, including the Mental State Examination (MSE) and risk formulation methods that support high-quality, consistent practice aligned with NICE guidelines.

 

A key focus is placed on the importance of risk formulation, moving beyond static risk scoring to a contextual, person-centred understanding of what increases, maintains, or protects against harm—and how to articulate this clearly. This supports more accurate recommendations and legally defensible documentation, especially in cases under legal or employer scrutiny.

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The course encourages clinical curiosity and asks practitioners to look beneath diagnostic labels to understand how symptoms present, fluctuate, and interact. Delegates will explore how functional impact and symptom overlap—across neurodiverse conditions, mood disorders, and psychosis—can shape presentation and risk in ways that diagnosis alone cannot capture.

 

By fostering a formulation-based mindset, this course supports safer, more standardised practice, strengthens communication with stakeholders, and builds confidence in assessing and supporting individuals with mental health concerns in the workplace.

 

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Apply evidence-based tools to assess and document mental health presentations within occupational settings.

• Differentiate between traditional risk assessment and formulation-based approaches, using the latter in line with NICE guidelines.

• Demonstrate clinical curiosity by recognising red flags, trusting professional instinct, and asking the right questions when something doesn't feel clinically congruent.

• Go beyond diagnostic labels by exploring functional impact, symptom overlap, and lived experience to develop more meaningful and individualised assessments.

• Formulate and communicate clear, defensible clinical opinions that support safe, fair, and evidence-informed workplace decisions.

• Recognise and respond appropriately to high-risk presentations.

• Identify and recommend practical workplace adjustments.

• Understand how formulation-based assessment contributes to consistency, standardisation, and quality across occupational health practice.

• Acknowledge professional limitations, maintain appropriate clinical boundaries, and take personal responsibility for working within the scope of competence, knowing when to seek advice or escalate concerns.

 

Upcoming Course Dates - Online

• 3rd March 2026 | 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM

• 16th June 2026  | 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM

• 12th Nov 2026    | 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM

 

Limited places available – register now!