Senior Primary Care Practitioner

Wight Healthcare; Southampton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Wight Healthcare seeks a Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapy team leader to join a growing primary care Mental Health Team in West PCN. The role involves working from GP surgeries with adult service users, including older adults with mild to moderate mental health needs, within professional scope.

Skills from related specialties are transferable. Applicants must be eligible to work within Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system.

Responsibilities

• Join developing primary care Mental Health Team in West PCN.
• Based within GP surgeries, work with service users of adult working age including older persons with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• Work within scope of practice; transferable skills from prior specialties.

Job description

We are seeking a Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapy team leader to join our developing primary care Mental Health Team in West PCN. You will be based within GP surgeries and working with service users of adult working age including older persons with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. You will work within scope of practice so if have worked within specialities these skills will be transferable

Only open to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, South Central Ambulance Service, Isle of Wight NHS FT or Hampshire Hospitals FT.