Frailty Primary Mental Health Practitioner

South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Career development

Benefits package

Job summary

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Frailty Primary Mental Health Practitioner to join our Integrated Neighbourhood Team on a 6-month secondment. The role focuses on delivering home-based mental health assessments and care coordination for adults with frailty and cognitive impairment.

This senior Band 7 position bridges primary care, community services and specialist mental health pathways, providing risk management and evidence-based interventions

Qualifications

• Qualified mental health practitioner with experience in frailty and community-based care.
• Experience delivering biopsychosocial assessments in home or community settings.
• Strong risk assessment and crisis planning capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive biopsychosocial mental health assessments within patients' homes, care homes and community settings.
• Support individuals with depression, anxiety, dementia-related distress, cognitive impairment and frailty-related challenges.
• Provide evidence-based interventions, crisis prevention and relapse prevention planning.
• Collaborate with GPs, community nurses, social care, pharmacists and other mental health services.
• Facilitate access to CMHTs, Memory Services, Liaison Psychiatry and other teams.
• Provide consultation, education and clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to service development and evolution of neighbourhood-based care.

Skills

Biopsychosocial assessment

Risk assessment

Care coordination

Clinical leadership

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Job description

Frailty Primary Mental Health Practitioner

Company: South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust

Salary: £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS

A Vacancy at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Proactive Care Mental Health Practitioner to join our Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT) on a 6-month secondment.

This is a unique opportunity to help shape and deliver an innovative neighbourhood-based model of care, bringing specialist mental health expertise directly into the homes of people who are unable to access traditional clinic-based services.

Working as a core member of the Frailty Integrated Neighbourhood Team, you will provide high-quality mental health assessment, intervention, risk management and care coordination for adults living with frailty, multimorbidity, cognitive impairment and complex psychosocial needs.

This senior Band 7 role is designed to bridge the gap between primary care, community services and specialist mental health pathways.

The successful post holder will:

• Deliver comprehensive biopsychosocial mental health assessments within patients' homes, care homes and community settings.
• Support individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, complex adjustment difficulties, dementia-related distress, cognitive impairment and other mental health challenges associated with frailty.
• Provide evidence-based interventions, crisis prevention strategies and relapse prevention planning.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, community nursing teams, social care professionals, pharmacists, voluntary sector organisations and specialist mental health services.
• Facilitate access to Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), Memory Services, Liaison Psychiatry, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams, and Older Adult Mental Health Services.
• Provide consultation, education and clinical leadership to the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to service development and the continued evolution of neighbourhood-based mental health care.

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.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

Clinical assessment and formulation

• Undertake, or support others in undertaking, comprehensive biopsychosocial mental health assessments in patients’ homes and other community settings.
• Assess mood, anxiety, psychosis, cognitive change, behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), adjustment, trauma, substance use, sleep, self-neglect, carer stress and the impact of physical illness and frailty.

Risk, safeguarding and statutory practice

• Assess and formulate risk relating to suicide, self-harm, self-neglect, vulnerability, exploitation, violence, domestic abuse, falls, medication, carer breakdown and deterioration.
• Develop collaborative safety and crisis plans with the patient, family, carers and relevant professionals.
• Initiate and contribute to safeguarding processes in accordance with legislation and local policy.
• Support PAC care planning (UCP) for patients with the most complex mental health problems associated with frailty e.g. BPSD or psychosis in dementia, or patients on the SMI register with chronic psychosis or severe depression.
• Advice on the use of evidence-based brief interventions including psychoeducation, behavioural activation, anxiety management, sleep support, problem solving, relapse prevention, carer support and psychologically informed approaches.

This advert closes on Thursday 12 Nov 2026

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