Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

Here at Northumbria Primary care network and in collaboration with Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust we are delighted to be advertising a full time Band 7 Mental Health Practitioner role to join our warm and welcoming team .

You will be working within a team of mental health practitioners covering a range of GP Practices across Northumberland. You will have a couple of nominated practices that you work into regularly and be part of a wider team of practitioners that cover the Northumberland locality. Your base will likely be at Northumbria Way, Cramlington.

Inline with Community Mental Health Transformation we are forming stronger links with other primary care agencies, secondary care and voluntary organisations, to establish a multi agency approach to providing mental health care and treatment across the area in neighbourhood teams. This will ensure that people with mental health needs receive the right treatment , at the right time, by the right people.

This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic motivated person who enjoys a fast pace working environment and is passionate about delivering the best care., As a Mental Health Practitioner working in primary care, you'll work autonomously within the GP practices offering initial mental health consultation, assessment, formulation, signposting and onward referrals as well as providing brief interventions suited to patients in primary care.

You'll work as a member of the NPC Northumberland PCN team at the forefront of developing an innovative approach to mental health in primary care. You'll have excellent interpersonal skills, be committed to delivering excellent patient care and have extensive experience of working in a range of mental health services. You'll be supported by the practice teams that you work alongside daily as well as having regular opportunities for formal supervision and peer support with other mental health practitioners working across the PCN and county.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

You will be employed by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust under Agenda for Change terms and conditions and based within NPC Northumberland Primary Care Network.

You will be supported within the practices as well as having supervision and line management with Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust's clinical manager for primary care.

This arrangement affords full access to a range of NHS employee benefits as well as excellent support and development opportunities available through both the primary care network and CNTW.