Mental Health Practitioner (MHP)
Vertis Health
Redditch, B97 5JX · Kidderminster, DY10 4SF
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 September 2026
9 days left
Job description
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Mental Health Practitioner to join Droitwich, Ombersley & The Rurals Primary Care Network, working as ...
Main duties will include
- Undertaking mental health assessments, including telephone triage, risk assessment and identifying appropriate treatment, referral or onward support.
- Managing an individual caseload and providing short-term, evidence-based interventions to patients with mental health difficulties.
- Developing care plans and supporting patients with their treatment, recovery and ongoing management of their mental health.
- Monitoring mental health medication and considering the interaction between patients' mental and physical health needs.
- Providing advice, education and guidance to patients, carers and primary care colleagues.
- Signposting and referring patients to appropriate statutory, community and voluntary sector services.
- Working collaboratively with primary care, secondary mental health services and VCSE organisations to support coordinated care and effective transitions between services.
- Maintaining accurate and contemporaneous clinical records and evaluating patient outcomes.
- Identifying, assessing and appropriately escalating clinical, safeguarding and other risks.
- Contributing to multidisciplinary meetings, service development, clinical governance, audit and quality improvement.
- Supporting colleagues to develop their knowledge and confidence in recognising and managing common mental health needs.
- Working autonomously within professional competence, relevant legislation, clinical guidance and organisational policies.
The role will work across the interface between
Primary Care and Mental Health Services to provide advice and support,
assessment, treatment, education and problem-solving approaches to the Local
Primary Care Teams, Service Users and Carers.
The role aims to improve the experience for our
patients with mental health needs who would otherwise have seen a GP and the
postholder will manage a caseload. The
focus will be providing continuous assessment and treatment to people with
mental health difficulties. This will include recovery co-ordination and care
management functions, liaison with statutory and non-statutory organisations.
The post holder will be an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team.
You will preferably have the ability to prescribe depression, anxiety etc., and be able to
undertake interim reviews with our patients with the possibility of having CBT
exercise and be able to hold CBT sessions.
Please see attached JD and person spec for full details.
Vertis Health is a federation of GP practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs) across Worcestershire, supporting services for more than 600,000 NHS patients. We work collaboratively with our member practices to strengthen primary care, develop innovative local services and enable investment in healthcare that meets the needs of our communities.
This role will support Droitwich, Ombersley & The Rurals Primary Care Network, a network of seven GP practices serving approximately 57,000 patients across South Worcestershire. We are committed to providing safe, coordinated and high-quality patient care, while continually developing new ways of working that improve outcomes, promote inclusion and help reduce health inequalities.
You will join a supportive and collaborative multidisciplinary environment, working alongside GPs, primary care colleagues, mental health services and wider community partners. We value partnership working, professional development, innovation and shared learning, and encourage colleagues to contribute their ideas to improving services.
We aim to create a positive working culture where colleagues feel engaged, valued and recognised, with opportunities to develop professionally while making a meaningful difference to the health and wellbeing of our local communities.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
Desirable
- ACP with prescribing for depression, anxiety etc., ability to do interim reviews, CBT sessions, and QoF.
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Qualification in therapeutic interventions
- Independent prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with adults in a Mental Health setting
- Evidence of providing brief, effective treatment to adults.
- Evidence of effective triage/care plan and management.
- The desire to work in a primary care setting
Desirable
- Work with voluntary agencies.
- Experience of acting as a mentor.
Knowledge
Essential
- Specialised knowledge
- Knowledge and practice of the Mental Health Act 1983 and other relevant legislation
- Knowledge of the NHS FYFV, NSF, and other relevant documentation
- Knowledge of community care
- Awareness of stepped care approaches
- Understanding of common mental health problems and their management in primary care
- Understanding of management of risk in primary care
- Understanding of application of confidentiality in primary care
- Care programme approach
Desirable
- Training in SFT
- Training in Systematic Approaches
- IT skills
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
18 August 2026
Last checked
20 August 2026
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