Mental Health Practitioner (Mhp)

Vertis Health; Droitwich Spa; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertis Health is seeking a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the Primary Care Network in Worcestershire, working across Droitwich, Ombersley & The Rurals PCN at Chaddesley Corbett Surgery. You will assess adults with mental health needs, conduct risk assessments and develop care plans within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

You will manage your own caseload, offer brief interventions, and support pathways between primary and secondary care, with opportunities to prescribe and engage

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with current UK NMC registration.
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Undertake mental health assessments, including triage and risk assessment.
• Provide short-term, evidence-based interventions and care planning.
• Support treatment, recovery, and ongoing management of patients' mental health.
• Signpost to statutory, community and voluntary sector services; facilitate integrated pathways.

Skills

Mental health nursing

Assessment skills

Care planning

CBT exercises

Independent prescribing

Education

NMC registered mental health nurse

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Mental Health Practitioner to join Droitwich, Ombersley & The Rurals Primary Care Network, working as part of the team at Chaddesley Corbett Surgery.

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the interface between primary care and mental health services, providing accessible, person-centred mental health support within a general practice setting. You will work closely with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team to assess and support adults experiencing mental health difficulties, helping patients to receive the right care and support at the right time.

You will manage your own caseload, undertaking mental health assessments, risk assessment, care planning and short-term interventions, as well as supporting patients with their ongoing treatment and recovery. You will also play an important role in signposting and referring patients to appropriate statutory, community and voluntary sector services and supporting effective pathways between primary and secondary care.

We are looking for a Registered Mental Health Nurse with experience of working with adults in a mental health setting, excellent communication and clinical assessment skills, and the confidence to work autonomously as part of a wider multidisciplinary team. Experience or qualifications in therapeutic interventions and independent prescribing would be advantageous.

Main duties of the job

• Undertaking mental health assessments, including telephone triage, risk assessment and identifying appropriate treatment, referral or onward support.
• Managing an individual caseload and providing short-term, evidence-based interventions to patients with mental health difficulties.
• Developing care plans and supporting patients with their treatment, recovery and ongoing management of their mental health.
• Monitoring mental health medication and considering the interaction between patients' mental and physical health needs.
• Providing advice, education and guidance to patients, carers and primary care colleagues.
• Signposting and referring patients to appropriate statutory, community and voluntary sector services.
• Working collaboratively with primary care, secondary mental health services and VCSE organisations to support coordinated care and effective transitions between services.
• Maintaining accurate and contemporaneous clinical records and evaluating patient outcomes.
• Identifying, assessing and appropriately escalating clinical, safeguarding and other risks.
• Contributing to multidisciplinary meetings, service development, clinical governance, audit and quality improvement.
• Supporting colleagues to develop their knowledge and confidence in recognising and managing common mental health needs.
• Working autonomously within professional competence, relevant legislation, clinical guidance and organisational policies.

About us

Vertis Health is a federation of GP practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs) across Worcestershire, supporting services for more than 600,000 NHS patients. We work collaboratively with our member practices to strengthen primary care, develop innovative local services and enable investment in healthcare that meets the needs of our communities.

This role will support Droitwich, Ombersley & The Rurals Primary Care Network, a network of seven GP practices serving approximately 57,000 patients across South Worcestershire. We are committed to providing safe, coordinated and high-quality patient care, while continually developing new ways of working that improve outcomes, promote inclusion and help reduce health inequalities.

You will join a supportive and collaborative multidisciplinary environment, working alongside GPs, primary care colleagues, mental health services and wider community partners. We value partnership working, professional development, innovation and shared learning, and encourage colleagues to contribute their ideas to improving services.

We aim to create a positive working culture where colleagues feel engaged, valued and recognised, with opportunities to develop professionally while making a meaningful difference to the health and wellbeing of our local communities.

Job responsibilities

The role will work across the interface between Primary Care and Mental Health Services to provide advice and support, assessment, treatment, education and problem-solving approaches to the Local Primary Care Teams, Service Users and Carers.

The role aims to improve the experience for our patients with mental health needs who would otherwise have seen a GP and the postholder will manage a caseload. The focus will be providing continuous assessment and treatment to people with mental health difficulties. This will include recovery co-ordination and care management functions, liaison with statutory and non-statutory organisations. The post holder will be an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team.

You will preferably have the ability to prescribe depression, anxiety etc., and be able to undertake interim reviews with our patients with the possibility of having CBT exercise and be able to hold CBT sessions.

Please see attached JD and person spec for full details.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development

Desirable

• ACP with prescribing for depression, anxiety etc., ability to do interim reviews, CBT sessions, and QoF.
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Qualification in therapeutic interventions
• Independent prescriber

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with adults in a Mental Health setting
• Evidence of providing brief, effective treatment to adults.
• Evidence of effective triage/care plan and management.
• The desire to work in a primary care setting

Desirable

• Work with voluntary agencies.
• Experience of acting as a mentor.

Knowledge

Essential

• Specialised knowledge
• Knowledge and practice of the Mental Health Act 1983 and other relevant legislation
• Knowledge of the NHS FYFV, NSF, and other relevant documentation
• Knowledge of community care
• Awareness of stepped care approaches
• Understanding of common mental health problems and their management in primary care
• Understanding of management of risk in primary care
• Understanding of application of confidentiality in primary care
• Care programme approach

Desirable

• Training in SFT
• Training in Systematic Approaches
• IT skills

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.

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