# Central Norwich Primary Care Network - Lead Mental Health Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/central-norwich-primary-care-network-lead-mental-health-practitioner/98314e9c-3bef-4c99-820a-e30999296b54 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/central-norwich-primary-care-network-lead-mental-health-practitioner/98314e9c-3bef-4c99-820a-e30999296b54.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Central Norwich PCN - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 gross per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-02T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-19T11:20:59.851Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8199616 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8199616?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are recruiting a Primary Care Based Lead Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) working across GP practices within Central Norwich Primary Care Network to join our existing team. This is a jointly funded role through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS), supporting NSFT and Primary Care to deliver Place‑Based Care. The post enables people to access timely mental health support in the familiar surroundings of their GP practice, helping ensure they receive the right support at the right time. You will be embedded within GP practices and work as part of a multidisciplinary primary care team, delivering non‑urgent mental health assessment and brief interventions for patients 16+ experiencing a range of mental health difficulties. ### Main duties of the job Expectations of the role: - Provide assessments, brief interventions and short‑term support for people aged 16+ - Support individuals with presentations including anxiety, depression, trauma‑related distress, bipolar disorder, psychosis and other mental health needs - Deliver psychoeducation, problem‑solving approaches, safety planning and self‑management strategies - Work collaboratively with GP practice staff and local services to ensure people are directed to the most appropriate support - Promote recovery, wellbeing and prevention of deterioration within local communities ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Ready to make a difference? Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and key accountabilities. If you’re passionate about delivering safe, high‑quality care, working with kindness and compassion, and helping to create better outcomes for patients and communities, we would love to hear from you. Click APPLY and take the next step in your career with NSFT. Find Out More Primary Care Based Mental Health Practitioners make a real difference every day supporting patients at the right time, in the right place. Watch the short video here: https://youtu.be/9GvYKCJ3WGQ?si=6i5--3uaI21_GYmn ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Ability to travel independently - Undertake physical intervention training and remain trained in techniques, as required by role ### Skills **Essential** - Competent assessment skills - Competent ICT skills - Effective analytical and decision-making skills - Satisfactory verbal and written language skills. **Desirable** - Prevention and Management of Suicide training ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects - Build on / develop further knowledge of psychosocial interventions and their appropriate use in primary care - Interest in developing knowledge base and skills relating to the provision of high quality primary mental health care **Desirable** - Knowledge of research methods and audit relevant to the job ### Experience **Essential** - Able to demonstrate significant experience at senior clinical level, including staff management/ supervision - Experience of working with mental health service users in a statuary or voluntary capacity - Extensive post registration experience of working in a community mental health setting and managing complex caseloads. . **Desirable** - Understanding of mental health issues in a primary care setting ### Qualifications **Essential** - Nursing, OT or SW degree or equivalent - Mentorship qualification or Practice Supervisor or Assessor - Core professional qualification and registered with professional body **Desirable** - Further qualification in mental health work - Certificate in management or equivalent - Ongoing professional development at degree level or higher - Higher Degree or post graduate certificate in Leadership, clinical, or therapeutic practice or equivalent. (eg, NMP, AMHP, Therapy, or equivalent) ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 392.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10549216) - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) - [primary care based - mental health practitioners leaflet. (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10505319) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.