Job summary
- Main area
- Primary Care
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 294-COMM-7277968-JB
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Primary Care Network
- Town
- Richmond
- Salary
- £34,521 - £41,956 pro rata per annum Inclusive of outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner
Band 5
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit to Band 5 Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners in Richmond.
In this role you will work as part of the primary care team in a specified Primary Care Network (PCN) within Richmond-Upon-Thames, providing support to GP practices for patients presenting with mental health problems. This support will include provision of advice, education, support and interventions to patients and carers. A main focus of this role is on improving health outcomes for patients with Serious Mental Illness (SMI); supporting access and carrying out physical health checks in their GP surgery to this population.
Main duties of the job
The practitioner’s work will generally be for people whose needs cannot be met by IAPT services but who may not need ongoing care from secondary care community mental health services. The practitioner can facilitate onward access to other secondary care-based services, or third sector services integrated within the mental health pathway. The role will require a level of autonomous working and experience of working in a fast-paced environment.
The practitioner will be embedded as part of the Primary Care Network Multi-Disciplinary Team and will receive clinical supervision, line management, support and training through the established Primary Care Mental Health Team within the Richmond Wellbeing Service. We welcome applicants from a registered mental health profession or non-registered psychological professionals who have specific competences and/or experience in evidence base interventions for people with SMI.
Working for our organisation
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide medicine education and adherence advice and lifestyle advice for patients and their carers, presenting with mental health problems.
Assist in supporting early intervention and supporting shared decision-making around self management.
To work with patients and team members to support engagement with appropriate services and treatment which may include onward referral to secondary mental health services or signposting to other mental health services, social prescribers, voluntary services and community-based support groups.
To support patients to transition from secondary care to primary care by providing up to three step-down sessions at the point of step down from secondary care services.
To support patients to transition from primary care to secondary care when more specialist or intensive support is required
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant clinical experience
- Experience of working with people who have experienced serious ongoing mental health problems
- Experience of research based/reflective practice e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence-based practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervision and/or mentoring of junior staff and students
- Experience of working as a Recovery Support Worker in Mental Health
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered mental health professional appropriate to the job role (Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Pharmacy technician)
- Non-registered psychological professionals (including those on voluntary and accredited registers) who have specific competences in evidence-based psychological therapies for severe mental health problems
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Training in support of people with mental health problems
- Training in recovery approaches in mental health
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to proactively and independently manage workload
- Ability to provide quality care that is responsive to service user needs, without close supervision
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kristina Mcleod
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3513 4455
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