Primary Care Mental Health Nurse

Be the Mental Health Leader Patients Need - Right at the Heart of Primary Care

Were recruiting a part-time (20 hours) Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our established, experienced, and forward thinking team.

Are you passionate about transforming mental health support where people live, work, and thrive? Were looking for a dedicated Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our innovative, compassionate, and community-focused team. In this role, you will support people with mild to moderate mental health needs right at the heart of primary care where early support can have the greatest impact.

Are you passionate about transforming mental health support where people live, work, and thrive? Were looking for a dedicated Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our innovative, compassionate, and community-focused team. In this role, you will support people with mild to moderate mental health needs right at the heart of primary care where early support can have the greatest impact.

You will work alongside GPs, Physiotherapists, Clinical Pharmacists, Occupational Therapists, Podiatrists, Social Prescribers, and other allied professionals to offer joined-up care that puts patients first. Together, we’re rethinking how mental health is managed in General Practice and we want you to be part of it.

Main duties of the job

Role Profile

As a Mental Health Nurse working at Enhanced Level Practice, you will play a central role in delivering the PCN's mental health offer. You will be embedded within practices, delivering early support to adults with low-to-moderate mental health needs, while maintaining strong relationships with local Community Mental Health Teams and VCSE partners.

You will help reduce referrals to crisis or specialist services by offering proactive, preventative, and person-centred care. You will be expected to work at enhanced level: managing complexity, leading service development, and actively shaping a population-based mental health offer.

About us

Who We Are Founded in August 2020, Primary Care Physio has scaled rapidly and is one of the fastest-growing clinical service providers in the UK. Underpinned by our reputation for quality and sustainable care, we have already been established as England's largest national specialist ARRS clinical service provider who is purely focused on supporting NHS Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and their GP practices to deliver high-quality and tech-enabled NHS primary care clinical solutions.

Our services are recognised as best-in-class for our industry, recently winning the 'Best in Primary Care & Diagnostics' LaingBuisson 2023 award.

Through our talented employed team of over nearly 400 employed First Contact Practitioners, Nurses & Advanced Practitioners, who are supported by experienced and Health Education England-trained clinical supervisors, we have been commissioned by c 200 NHS Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to deliver an integrated and local managed clinical service. We now serve 1000+ GP practices and a patient population of over 9 million.

We conduct over 1 million patient consultation appointments per year. You can find out more about our team here:

You can read what our team have to say about us here:

https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/certified-company/1574534

Job responsibilities

Clinical Practice

• Deliver timely, person-centred care for adults with low to moderate mental health needs referred from within the PCN - through GP triage, direct referral, or proactive outreach.
• Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments and develop shared care plans with patients.
• Deliver brief interventions, psychoeducation, and proactive medication support (if trained).
• Refer and signpost to IAPT, CMHTs, crisis services, and VCSE organisations as appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, ANPs, Social Prescribers, OTs, and other team members to plan joined-up care.
• Work autonomously with confidence to manage complexity and psychosocial need.
• Apply holistic clinical reasoning and shared decision-making to develop meaningful care plans.
• Apply safeguarding principles and act quickly when crises arise.
• Actively contribute to mental health MDTs and population health discussions at PCN level.

Evidence, Research, and Development

• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and mental health strategy alignment.
• Promote public mental health, prevention, and early intervention as part of population health goals.
• Identifying high-risk populations, promoting mental wellbeing, and tackling social determinants of mental health (e.g. loneliness, housing, debt)
• Act as a clinical role model within the MDT, supporting professional development and reflective practice.
• Record activity and outcomes in line with reporting requirements.

Key skills and attributes

• You thrive when working under pressure and remain calm and composed in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• You communicate clearly and effectively, building strong relationships with internal teams, PCNs, and external stakeholders - both verbally and in writing.
• You are a natural people person and team player who enjoys motivating and supporting others to deliver high-quality outcomes on time.
• You take pride in running a tight ship, demonstrating strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and proactive planning.
• You are tech-savvy, quickly learning new systems, policies, and programmes and using data confidently to inform decision-making and service improvements.
• You excel at problem-solving, applying logical thinking to overcome challenges and implement effective solutions.
• You are self-reflective and committed to continuous professional development, motivated to grow both your clinical expertise and leadership capabilities.
• You understand and adhere to legal, ethical, professional, and organisational policies, procedures, and codes of conduct.
• You have proficiency with MS Office and other IT tools, including HR databases and digital collaboration platforms.

Experience, knowledge and qualifications

• You will be a registered Mental Health Nurse with the NMC.
• You will be able to demonstrate proven experience supporting adults with mental health needs, ideally in a community or primary care setting.
• You will have a deep understanding of common mental health conditions and evidence-based interventions.
• You will have excellent communication, triage and consultation skills.
• You will be able to work independently while contributing to a wider MDT.
• You will have an up-to-date CPD portfolio demonstrating that you have knowledge of the Primary Care and General Practice Nursing Career and Core Capabilities Framework and able to demonstrate your ability to operate at enhanced level practice.
• You will have an Independent Prescribing (V300) qualification (ESSENTIAL).
• You will have experience working within or alongside a GP practice (desirable). This role profile is not exhaustive and you may be directed to complete other tasks as required. These duties will always be reasonable and deemed within the expectations of your position.

General Terms (applicable to all Primary Care Physio posts)

• Ensure that your conduct does not fall below the standards detailed in Primary Care Physios Code of Conduct.
• To safeguard Children and Adults and to act on any concerns to ensure that each situation is appropriately assessed and investigated.
• Adhere to all Primary Care Physios policies and procedures.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Primary Care Physio (PCP) welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. We are happy to provide reasonable adjustments and support throughout the recruitment process. If you need assistance with your application due to a disability or long-term health condition, please contact: (primarycarefcp.talent@nhs.net).We are committed to ensuring fair access and equal opportunity for all candidates.

This supports:

• Equality Act 2010 (reasonable adjustments duty)
• NHS People Promise (Belonging, Compassionate and Inclusive)

All colleagues are expected to uphold PCP values and behave in a way that promotes dignity, respect, equality, and inclusion.

Where possible, reasonable adjustments will be considered to enable applicants to meet the requirements of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• You must be a registered Mental Health Nurse with the NMC.

Experience

• Proven experience supporting adults with mental health needs, ideally in a community or primary care setting.
• A deep understanding of common mental health conditions and evidence-based interventions.
• Excellent communication, triage and consultation skills.
• Ability to work independently while contributing to a wider multidisciplinary team (MDT).
• Knowledge of the Primary Care and General Practice Nursing Career and Core Capabilities Framework.
• Ability to operate at enhanced level practice.
• Experience working within or alongside a GP practice.

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.