Senior Mental Health Practitioner
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Working Across Meridian PCN, LN1 1FSView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 November 2026
11 days leftJob description
This role is an exciting opportunity to work directly with individuals in their community to teach and support individuals around mental ill health in...
Work within Meridian PCN to offer consultations within surgeries to meet the mental health needs of local communities at primary care stage. The role is offering intervention, mental health support and advice to our population and linking in with those in secondary care if and when appropriate to ensure the needs of individuals are being met. You would work closely with secondary care colleagues to ensure we are working within the principles of NHS Transformation 10 year plan.
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in mental health and social care or equivalent
- 1st Level Registration (NMC,HCPC)
- Evidence of advanced clinical practice at post graduate level to masters or equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable: - Management or leadership qualification; - Non-medical prescriber (or ability to complete within first 12 months in post)
Experience
Essential
- Post-Registration experience of working with adults with mental health needs
- Experience of working autonomously within a senior position
- Experience of managing staff and good leadership skills
- Experience of working across organisations
- Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
- Sound knowledge of clinical/ risk assessment and understanding of confidentiality
- Sound knowledge of community care issues, local health and social structures, functions and boundaries
- Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act
Desirable: - Experience of leading service change/development/transformation; - Experience of leading training sessions; - Experience of neighbourhood working
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
- Prioritisation and resource allocation, planning and organisational skills.
- Able to communicate complex and at times highly sensitive information to a variety of stake holders.
- Good negotiation skills for conflict resolution.
- IT skills- email, word processing, excel, systems use.
- Analyse and interpret data and/ or information.
- Statistics.
Special Requirements
Essential: - Ability to travel independently throughout the county
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
20 October 2026
Last checked
21 October 2026
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