Senior Mental Health Practitioner - GY&W Primary Care Network

Job summary
Are you an experienced Mental Health Practitioner looking to work autonomously, in a forward thinking, fast paced environment?

Whether you are a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Mental Health Occupational Therapist or Mental Health Social Worker, this is the ideal challenge for someone who is looking to make a difference in Gorleston.

Gorleston Primary Care Network is made up of the following General Practices: Millwood Medical Practice and The Beaches Medical Centre and their small surgeries across the catchment area.

You will work alongside an experienced Lead Mental Health Practitioner. We are a collaborative team and work closely with all those who are based at the Practices. There will a period of induction, orientation and shadowing of other MHPs and there are regular opportunities to access relevant training.

Our Primary Care Network (PCN) Service for Mental Health has been developed to provide access to Mental Health Services in Primary Care as part of an integrated health and care system, which brings care closer to home for our population.

Gorleston Primary Care Network are passionate about developing their mental health provision, they are proactive and enthusiastic and need a forward thinking, driven Mental Health Practitioner to help them achieve their aspirations.

If you are excellent at building relationships, a great communicator and feel confident making working within a Primary Care Setting, then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
As a PCN mental Health Practitioner you will work across the interface between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health Services undertaking the planning and delivery of direct patient care.

The ideal candidate will have an interest and experience in a mental health setting, you will have good organisational skills as you will need to manage your own workload, as well as offering support and advice to other health care professionals. You will be an autonomous practitioner, making clinical judgements, identifying alternative courses of action and providing high quality care.

We are committed to training, continuous development and ensuring all members of the team can access resources to help them to develop and progress. When you join us, you can expect to be supported from the start, you'll spend time with our community teams learning about the different roles they have as well as shadowing other members of the Primary Care Network.

About us
At Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, inclusion is at the heart of how we work. We are committed to creating a fair, transparent and accessible recruitment process where every candidate has the opportunity to succeed.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds, particularly those currently underrepresented in our workforce, including those from the global majority. We recognise that not everyone has equal access to opportunities and are working to address this.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and ensuring all candidates receive a positive and equitable experience.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Details
Date posted: 26 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year gross per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 246-GYW8372047
Job locations: Northgate Hospital but working out of GP Practices, Northgate Street, Gt Yarmouth, NR30 1BU, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualification

• Essential: Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist OR Social Worker with the relevant professional registration
• Essential: Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants) or Practice Educator (AHP and Social Worker Registrants)

Experience

• Essential: Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
• Essential: Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
• Essential: Experience of managing a caseload and the provision of Mental Health Care services to people with mental health care needs

Skills

• Essential: Care planning and Risk assessment knowledge and skills
• Essential: Computer skills and experience of using an Electronic Patient Record system
• Essential: Excellent communication and engagement skills
• Essential: Conflict resolution and Breakaway training (or requirement to undertake within first 12 weeks)
• Desirable: Prevention and Management of Suicide training
• Desirable: Medicine Management

Knowledge

• Essential: Up to date knowledge of legal and ethical frameworks including Mental Health Act.
• Essential: Have the ability to discuss, identify and escalate safeguarding issues in a sensitive way to protect those who are vulnerable
• Essential: The ability to use clinical assessment tools and outcome measures effectively and collaboratively

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information apply through our website.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information apply through our website.

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