Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner - Bristol PCN

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to provide your mental health expertise working in Primary Care as part of a General Practice team.

This role will be based in Orchard Medical Centre & Green Valley. The Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) facilitates early MH access and support via face-to-face and telephone appointments.

We are redesigning our community mental health services so that, in future, people receive a personalized, preventative, and proactive integrated approach. Primary Care, voluntary services, and AWP are working together to provide a one-team approach for our local populations, and your role as a Mental Health Practitioner is key to the success of this approach.

Main duties of the job

You will work within the surgery and alongside our communities and local authorities with patients and their families, ensuring issues such as housing, debt, carer fatigue, and addictions are addressed alongside mental health problems.

As a Mental Health Practitioner (social worker/occupational therapist/mental health nurse), you will collaborate with a range of professionals including GPs and care navigators to integrate existing services and provide a one-team approach. Delivering care from GP surgeries, this role offers an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of local service provision.

S. Glos. PCN & AWP are committed to providing high-quality care and work collaboratively to reduce health inequalities across our patient population. We are dedicated to being good employers, promoting diversity, and ensuring equality of opportunity. All staff are expected to treat patients and colleagues with dignity and respect.