Band 5 Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Learning & development

Salary sacrifice

NHS discounts

Wellbeing support

Staff networks

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) is recruiting Band 5 Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners to join our Integrated Neighbourhood Team model. You will work with primary care, GP practices, UHCW, Adult Social Care and VCSE partners to deliver joined-up, person-centred support in local communities.

You will act as a bridge between mental health services and neighbourhood partners, striving for integrated, proactive care and preventing deterioration through early

Qualifications

• Band 5 Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner role.
• Embedded within Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs).
• Committed to partnership working and improving community outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Work as an embedded member of an Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT) with General Practice, Primary Care, Adult Social Care, Community Services, UHCW and VCSE partners.
• Provide mental health advice, guidance and support to multidisciplinary teams.
• Undertake assessments and support early identification of mental health needs.
• Facilitate access to appropriate mental health, health, social care and community services.
• Act as a key link between neighbourhood teams and specialist mental health services.
• Contribute to MDT meetings, complex case discussions and coordinated care planning.
• Support individuals, carers and families to access local services and resources.
• Build partnerships across organisations to improve collaboration and reduce fragmentation.
• Identify and address barriers to access for vulnerable groups.
• Promote prevention and early intervention for care closer to home.
• Contribute to service development and innovative neighbourhood models of care.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Team collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Help shape the future of neighbourhood mental health care.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) is seeking enthusiastic Band 5 Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners to join our evolving neighbourhood health model. Embedded within Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs), you will work alongside colleagues from primary care, GP practices, UHCW, Adult Social Care and VCSE partners to deliver joined-up, person-centred support within local communities.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a transformational approach to care, helping people access the right support at the right time, closer to home. As a key member of the INT, you will act as a bridge between mental health services and neighbourhood partners, ensuring mental health is embedded within multidisciplinary care and decision-making.

This is not a traditional community mental health role. You will work across organisational boundaries to improve integration, reduce fragmentation and support the development of innovative neighbourhood-based services. The role offers the opportunity to influence system-wide working, build strong partnerships and make a real difference to the lives of local people.

If you are passionate about partnership working, enjoy building relationships and are committed to improving outcomes for communities, we would love to hear from you.

Together, we can make mental health everyone's business and bring care closer to the communities we serve.

Main duties of the job

• Work as an embedded member of an Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT), alongside colleagues from General Practice, Primary Care, Adult Social Care, Community Services, UHCW and VCSE partners.
• Provide mental health advice, guidance and support to multidisciplinary teams.
• Undertake assessments and support early identification of mental health needs, helping to prevent deterioration and crisis.
• Facilitate access to appropriate mental health, health, social care and community services.
• Act as a key link between neighbourhood teams and specialist mental health services, supporting seamless care pathways.
• Contribute to MDT meetings, complex case discussions and coordinated care planning.
• Support individuals, carers and families to access local services and community resources that promote wellbeing and recovery.
• Build effective partnerships across organisations to improve collaboration and reduce service fragmentation.
• Identify and address barriers to accessing mental health support, particularly for vulnerable and underserved populations.
• Promote prevention, early intervention and a population health approach, enabling people to receive care closer to home.
• Contribute to service development and innovative neighbourhood-based models of care.
• Support integration across health, social care and community services to improve outcomes for local people.

Candidate Information Pack Dec 24

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stacey McDonnell Job title: Primary Care Mental Health Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07446822682