Mental Health Practitioner (Development post to ACP)
| Posting date: | 01 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £40,006.61 to £48,825.27 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £40006.61 - £48825.27 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 April 2026 |
| Location: | Hastings, TN34 3DW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A3728-26-0011 |
Summary
Main Duties and Responsibilities Clinical care and triage Undertake mental health consultations telephone and face-to-face within agreed protocols and supervision. Provide mental health triage and prioritisation, including risk assessment, safety-netting and appropriate escalation. Agree management plans with patients, including follow-up, signposting, brief interventions and onward referral where required. Support medicines management decisions by preparing recommendations for review with the supervising prescriber and implementing agreed plans. Maintain accurate, timely records and high-quality clinical coding in the clinical system. Structured reviews and enhanced services Support structured reviews and recall processes with the Care Co-ordinator, including for patients with severe mental illness. Contribute to antipsychotic monitoring and review activity Hastings enhanced service under agreed protocols with supervision and sign-off. Quality improvement and targets Work with the Quality Improvement Team to improve mental health pathways, templates, coding and consistency across sites. Support delivery of mental health targets including QOF through good documentation, registers and recall processes. Participate in audit, learning events and service development activity relevant to mental health care in primary care. Supervision and development Attend regular clinical supervision with the named ACP prescriber, using agreed escalation routes and competency sign-off. Maintain a development portfolio and complete agreed training, with progression towards prescribing where eligible and agreed. General requirements Work flexibly across HRH sites to maintain service provision. Follow HRH policies including confidentiality, information governance, safeguarding, equality and diversity, and health and safety. Participate in appraisal and mandatory training