Senior Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 21 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 August 2025 |
| Location: | Chelmsford, CM2 0QH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9364-25-0779 |
Summary
Create a single path within the sphere of their responsibility and work closely with other Community Mental Health teams, the Urgent Care Pathway and Inpatient Services to provide a seamless service in order to aid the Patients recovery and Well-being plans in the community. Work in conjunction with the GP, Primary Care team and Consultant Psychiatrists to ensure that patients are supported in the most appropriate clinical practice environment from a Multi-disciplinary perspective. Ensure safe Clinical Practice takes place, maintaining Care Quality Commission standards at all times and in line with the NHS Constitution. Triage and assess patients and facilitate them receiving the most appropriate support for their needs ensuring people are not passed around the system. Manage and deliver effective and safe services which support the key elements of Clinical/Practice governance. As the Primary Care model develops, the post holder will focus on leading the teams to introduce ways of continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding and high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence will flourish. Provide and undertake detailed Physical Health investigations such as ECGs and offer basic interpretation of the results for the purpose of medication initiation. Be responsible for the completion of full and comprehensive Assessments (Physical and Mental Health) where possible and provide complete person centred care planning for services users requiring Physical Health related aspects of care with the support of the Multi-Disciplinary Team. Ensure appropriate reporting within clinical records by following good practice guidelines and professional codes of conduct for example, NMC (UKCC) guidelines for records and record keeping. Communicate any relevant information to the MDT as required within handovers, meetings and other forums as required.