Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 25 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £44,485.00 to £52,521.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £44485.00 - £52521.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 December 2025 |
| Location: | Wallington, SM6 0EX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9294-25-0598 |
Summary
To provide medicine education and adherence advice and lifestyle advice for patients and their carers, presenting with mental health problems Assist in supporting early intervention and supporting shared decision-making around self management To carry out triage and comprehensive assessments as required. To work with patients and team members to support engagement with appropriate services and treatment which may include onward referral to secondary mental health services or signposting to other mental health services, social prescribers, voluntary services and community-based support groups To support patients to transition from secondary care to primary care by providing up to three step-down sessions at the point of step down from secondary care services To provide ongoing specialist support patients to transition from primary care to secondary care when more specialist or intensive support is required To support patients to stay well within their local communities, including the re-enforcement of newly learned psychology techniques Always Work to promote the safety and the well being of service users and their families/carers To develop a close relationship with Primary Care practices, attending practice meetings and having regular informal contact. To work closely and in partnership with colleagues within primary care and the Trust in a collaborative way, ensuring that decisions are made that ensure the best care for service users and that there is a seamless pathway. To support primary care teams with the administration of long-acting injections for those patients with complex needs To support patients on the SMI register to access annual physical health checks and to carry out these checks and physical health monitoring for those patients with complex needs