ARRS Specialist Mental Health Practitioner

Overview

As a Specialist Mental Health Nurse, you will operate within an integrated Primary Care Network to deliver targeted mental health care in community and primary care settings. You will bridge primary and secondary mental health services, supporting clinical strategy and enabling access to broader care pathways. This role emphasizes innovation, collaboration, and high-quality care to people identified as needing mental health support. You will have the opportunity to develop in a dynamic, forward-looking environment with a strong mission to empower communities.

Pay / Benefits

• DBS check funded by the Trust
• employability and career development support
• inclusive, diverse workplace culture
• opportunity to work in innovative, forward-looking environment
• competitive salary (Band 7)
• local trust values and support for staff wellbeing

Responsibilities

• Work within an Integrated Model of Care across Primary and Secondary Mental Health Services to serve local communities
• Support GP practices by delivering targeted mental health care and aligning with the clinical strategy
• Prescribe within your scope of practice and primary care guidance
• Facilitate onward access to secondary care, third sector, and existing support services via the PCN
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to rebuild and reconnect local healthcare services
• Lead and contribute to supervision/education within the team and deliver training in practice

Key requirements

• Registered RMN, OT, Social Worker or Psychologist with degree/diploma registration and a masters level or equivalent experience
• Band 6 level or above experience as a practitioner
• Proven risk management skills and experience
• Experience in developing specialist programmes of care for individuals or groups and providing highly specialist advice
• Experience of multidisciplinary working
• Current UK professional registration
• Desirable: Non-Medical Prescriber (if professionally appropriate)
• Experience in primary care (Desirable)
• Experience using electronic patient/service user records and basic data reporting (Excel/Word)

• leadership and supervision of multidisciplinary teams
• teaching and training in practice
• excellent communication and collaborative working
• experience with electronic patient/service user record systems
• data analysis and reporting using Microsoft Excel and Word
• prescribing within scope of practice in primary care

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