Primary Care Mental Health Specialist Practitioner6

TN United Kingdom; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Leeds is seeking a Primary Care Mental Health Specialist Practitioner to join their team. The role involves providing specialized mental health assessments and interventions, working collaboratively within GP surgeries and community settings. Candidates should possess a recognized professional qualification and the ability to work autonomously while supporting service users with complex mental health needs.

Benefits

27 - 33 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

NHS Pension Scheme

Career development opportunities

Employee wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Professional registration required (RMN, RN).
• Ability to prioritize workload under pressure.
• Experience in holistic mental health assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide mental health assessments and brief interventions.
• Engage with service users and carers in care delivery.
• Collaborate with primary and community health services.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Holistic mental health assessment

Education

Recognised professional qualification (e.g., RMN, RN (Mental Health))

Job description

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Client:

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Leeds, United Kingdom

Job Category:

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

19.05.2025

Expiry Date:

03.07.2025

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Job overview

We are seeking mental health professionals from a registered core profession (RMN, OT, Social worker) to join us for an exciting opportunity to be part of the ongoing development of the Primary Care Mental Health Team within the new Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service, in partnership with both statutory and third sector services. This post offers hybrid working and will involve a mixture of working within GP surgeries, community mental health team base, and home working within a locality hub.

The team takes a transdiagnostic approach to mental health care, with the aim of using a helpful conversation and biopsychosocial assessment approach to identify and formulate the patient’s difficulties. We work alongside the patient to explore their current experiences in relation to their mental health, identify their current goals and priorities, and consider what support may be helpful to best achieve these. This can include identifying existing services which may be of benefit to the patient and supporting referrals to these or using psychoeducation and/or practical coping strategies and skills to support the patient with symptom management.

As a team, we value unique skills, specialisms, and professional interests. The successful candidate will be expected to work autonomously and as part of a team and will be offered appropriate training and support to develop their skills, alongside robust clinical supervision.

Main duties of the job

The Locality Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners will be linked to a locality hub, with defined GP practices and community mental health teams, to provide a specialist mental health clinical role to support service users with complex mental health issues. The post holder will provide access to mental health assessment, risk assessment, and brief intervention to prevent deterioration in mental health requiring a referral to secondary mental health services. The post holder will also provide access to triage, assessment, and decision support for primary care colleagues to ensure that service users with complex mental health needs access the correct pathway and intervention to meet their needs.

This will build upon Leeds’ vision for the development of a new mental health framework for care in Leeds wrapping specialist mental health clinical knowledge and skills into primary and community settings, under the Community Mental Health Transformation Project.

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research, and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training, and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days, and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering a variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support workers, and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to the bank.

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Ensure effective communication systems are in place and used appropriately.
• Full participation in appropriate meetings.
• Take responsibility for positively engaging service users and carers in all aspects of care delivery and evaluation.
• Support the development of networks with staff working in other agencies that provide services to service users with complex mental health needs, liaising with a range of staff and clinicians in primary and community health services, social care, independent, and third sector.
• The post holder will report directly to the Band 6 Locality Primary Care Mental Health Specialist, and be accountable to the Locality Manager.
• Be able to adapt to barriers in communication that Service Users may present with (e.g., emotional, psychological, physical), utilising a high level of expertise in communication skills.

Qualifications

• Recognised professional qualification and registration (e.g., RMN, RN (Mental Health)).

Skills

• The ability to organize and prioritise own workload under pressure.
• Ability to undertake holistic mental health and risk assessments with service users with mental health needs, formulate effective care plans, relapse prevention interventions, and safety plans.