Mental Health and Wellbeing Triage Coach | Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	09 January 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£27,485 - £30,162 Per Annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	13 February 2026
Location:	Rotherham, S26 4TH
Company:	Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7717094/376-RCG-0695

Summary

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust are working in partnership with Primary Care Networks in Rotherham to recruit Mental Health and Wellbeing Triage Coaches to join a newly developing team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work across the Rotherham PCN supporting GP surgeries to provide triage, assessment and advice to people concerned about their mental health. This will enhance patient journeys and create better joint working across primary care and adult secondary care mental health systems, making it easier for patients to obtain the mental health support they need.

The introduction of this role is part of a wider transformation and expansion of community-based mental health services set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. Employees will work as part of the mental health primary care network and across the interface between primary care and secondary mental health services with the aim of improving the mental health and well-being of our communities.

The role will support individuals to move form surviving to thriving by helping people to feel in control of their health and wellbeing by addressing mental health, general health, wellbeing and inclusion needs using a behaviour change approach and active recovery methodology.

The role will be integrated as part of the primary care mental health infrastructure and will encompass some physical elements of traveling between surgeries within your primary care network

To provide individual support for people within primary care to explore ways of improving mental health and well-being.

Support people to utilise self-help and to aid individual goal planning and measurement of recovery using standardised tools available on the clinical system as clinically relevant.

Support people to make informed choices about their health and wellbeing, which includes improve the levels of physical activity, promote a healthier diet, and improve mental wellbeing.

Support access to wider community activities and support as part of an individual plan.

Effectively signpost and support access to appropriate services.

Support primary care and mental health colleagues to address the wider determinates of health and deliver individual package of support and education.

Facilitate collective action, support and advice to people within local communities in order to reduce health inequalities whilst responding to identified health needs through one-to-one support.

Utilise social prescribing to develop individual recovery and support planning, including working with the team directly across the PCN network.

Undertake multi agency working with other community health professionals.

Promote effective and efficient working practices across the team to achieve measurable outcomes.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications.


This advert closes on Monday 26 Jan 2026

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