Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Saxilby; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early access to Psychological TherapY/

Competitive annual leave

Car leasing scheme

Free eye tests

Salary sacrifice discounts

Retail and restaurant discounts

Job summary

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Mental Health professional to work within Meridian PCN, delivering mental health support at the primary care level and coordinating with secondary care as needed.

The role promotes hybrid working, engagement with GP surgeries, and guiding service users to the right mental health care. Applicants should hold relevant qualifications and be prepared for cross-organisational collaboration.

Qualifications

• Degree in mental health and social care or equivalent
• Evidence of advanced clinical practice at post graduate level to masters or equivalent
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Management or leadership qualification
• Non-medical prescriber (or ability to complete within first 12 months in post)

Responsibilities

• Offer consultations within Meridian PCN surgeries to meet mental health needs at primary care stage.
• Provide intervention, mental health support and advice to the population and link with secondary care when appropriate.
• Collaborate with secondary care to ensure alignment with NHS Transformation 10 year plan.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Prioritisation

Communication

Negotiation

IT skills

Data interpretation

Statistics

Education

Degree in mental health and social care or equivalent

Advanced clinical practice at postgraduate level (masters or equivalent)

Continuous professional development

Management or leadership qualification

Non-medical prescriber (or within 12 months in post)

Tools

Excel

IT systems

Job description

Employer Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Working Across Meridian PCN Town Working Across Meridian PCN Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/11/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

This role is an exciting opportunity to work directly with individuals in their community to teach and support individuals around mental ill health in Primary Care. This role is essential in supporting individuals to manage their mental health at the first stage of ill health and prevent further deterioration in their needs. The role is flexible and we promote hybrid working opportunities.

Do you believe in change to our current systems, introducing new ideas and integrated working with the holistic care of the service user at its heart? Do you want to work within a GP surgery as the Mental Health subject matter expert? We want you to be in a role where you can guide, support, listen and educate on mental health for both our service users and our wider NHS colleagues to ensure individuals get the right, most appropriate mental health care dependant on their needs.

Main duties of the job

Work within Meridian PCN to offer consultations within surgeries to meet the mental health needs of local communities at primary care stage. The role is offering intervention, mental health support and advice to our population and linking in with those in secondary care if and when appropriate to ensure the needs of individuals are being met. You would work closely with secondary care colleagues to ensure we are working within the principles of NHS Transformation 10 year plan.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree in mental health and social care or equivalent
• Evidence of advanced clinical practice at post graduate level to masters or equivalent
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Management or leadership qualification

Non-medical prescriber (or ability to complete within first 12 months in post)

Experience

• Post-Registration experience of working with adults with mental health needs
• Experience of working autonomously within a senior position
• Experience of managing staff and good leadership skills
• Experience of working across organisations
• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
• Sound knowledge of clinical/ risk assessment and understanding of confidentiality
• Sound knowledge of community care issues, local health and social structures, functions and boundaries
• Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act
• Experience of leading service change/development/transformation
• Experience of leading training sessions
• Experience of neighbourhood working

Skills

• Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
• Prioritisation and resource allocation, planning and organisational skills.
• Able to communicate complex and at times highly sensitive information to a variety of stake holders.
• Good negotiation skills for conflict resolution.
• IT skills- email, word processing, excel, systems use.
• Analyse and interpret data and/ or information.
• Statistics.

Special Requirements

• Ability to travel independently throughout the county

As an ethical recruiter we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role you must have UK NHS experience.

We reserve the right to withdraw or close a vacancy at any time. We will give priority to employees who are at risk.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.