Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

NHS Jobs; Tudhoe; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking qualified professionals for roles in mental health, including nurses, occupational therapists and social workers with current registrations. The post emphasizes CPD, extensive clinical experience with diverse mental health needs, and collaboration across agencies.

Candidates should be capable of consultative work and delivering low intensity psychological interventions using various delivery methods.

Qualifications

• Registered professional with current registration (Nurse, OT or SW).
• Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD).
• Extensive post-qualifying clinical experience with mental health across ages and disabilities.
• Experience in partnership working across statutory and non-statutory teams.
• Experience in providing low intensity psychological interventions (CBT-informed) via multiple delivery models.
• Experience conducting clinical and risk assessments.

Skills

CPD

Clinical experience

Partnership working

Consultative working

Low intensity interventions

Risk assessments

Education

Professional registration (Nurse/OT/SW)

Job description

Job description

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with current registration appropriate to the job role.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Experience/KnowledgeExtensive post-qualifying experience of clinical work with people with a range of mental health problems across all age and disability categories.
• Experience of partnership working within and across various different statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies.
• Experience in working consultatively with professionals.
• Experience of providing low intensity psychological interventions including, provision of self help, behavioural activation, solution focused, guided self help, and a CBT informed approach using a range of delivery models, telephone, face to face, individual and workshops.
• Experienced in conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments.