Mental Health Practitioner - Leatherhead PCN

HwC Ventures; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in mental health care is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner for a full-time role within their integrated service across Leatherhead PCN. This position involves working within a supportive team to address significant mental health needs in the community, requiring the ability to travel between various locations. The ideal candidate will possess a professional qualification in mental health and experience in delivering effective interventions.

Qualifications

• Completion of mentorship/preceptorship course or intent to complete.
• Experience of providing interventions for serious mental illness.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and brief interventions for mental health issues.
• Work collaboratively with GPs and the primary care team.
• Manage clinical referral priorities and supervise the Community Connector.

Skills

Evidence-based interventions

Supervisory skills

Care navigation

Education

Professional Qualification in Mental Health Nursing or Occupational Therapy or Social Work

Professional Registration NMC, SWE or HCPC

Job description

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Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our General Practice integrated mental health service (GPimhs) covering Leatherhead PCN and Cobox PCN.

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our General Practice integrated mental health service (GPimhs) covering Leatherhead PCN and Cobox PCN.

This is a Full-Time (37.5 Hrs Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) role. The post-holder will be working from SABP HQ, Ground floor, 18 Mole Business Park, KT22 7AD for Leatherhead PCN and Cobham Health Centre for Cobox PCN .

Please note that post-holder will be expected at times to cover work across other teams in the Locality.

GPimhs comprise small teams based across several GP Practices and are aimed at addressing the needs of adults who frequently attend their GP with serious/significant mental health needs that are not being met elsewhere including - people in recovery who are stepping down from adult mental health services, people on Primary Care SMI Registers requiring annual physical health checks, people with traits of personality disorder as well as those with a diagnosis.

These teams consist of a Clinical Lead, Mental Health Practitioner, Community Connector, Lived Experience Practitioner and an administrator. There is additional support from specialist psychiatry and pharmacy.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will take a key role in developing and shaping a major new and transformative approach to providing mental health care within the community.

They will be responsible for working closely with General Practitioners and the primary care team to provide assessments, brief interventions, and care navigation for people with significant mental health issues living in the locality.

The successful candidate will need to work closely with local mental health services to support an easy in and out approach between secondary and primary care. They will have day-to-day supervisory responsibility for the Community Connector role (employed by the Voluntary Sector) and for managing the clinical referral priorities.

As this role is based within a community setting we do require that you must be able to travel between multiple sites and trust locations within the set hours of your working day.

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.

About Us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Details

Date posted

18 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£48,270 to £54,931 a year Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-7201716-COMM

Job locations

Surrey and Borders NHS Foundation Trust

18 Mole Business Park

Leatherhead

KT22 7AD

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description & person specification document for the job description and main responsibilities for this role.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description & person specification document for the job description and main responsibilities for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Qualification in Mental Health Nursing or Occupational Therapy or Social Work
• Professional Registration NMC, SWE or HCPC
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Completion of mentorship/preceptorship course or the intention to complete
• Experience of providing a range of evidence-based interventions to people with a variety of mental health problems and serious mental illness
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Completion of mentorship/preceptorship course or the intention to complete
• Experience of providing a range of evidence-based interventions to people with a variety of mental health problems and serious mental illness
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Surrey and Borders NHS Foundation Trust

18 Mole Business Park

Leatherhead

KT22 7AD

Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Surrey and Borders NHS Foundation Trust

18 Mole Business Park

Leatherhead

KT22 7AD

Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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