# Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner (SPCMHP) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/primary-care-mental-health-practitioner-spcmhp/975ded3e-12e2-493c-90f6-f2aa246cf9b8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/primary-care-mental-health-practitioner-spcmhp/975ded3e-12e2-493c-90f6-f2aa246cf9b8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Rochford Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T07:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T13:21:05.142Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Mid_Essex_Primary_care_MH_Team/Essex_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nursing/Nursing-v8331440 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8331440?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.eput.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking a motivated and experienced Mental Health Nurse to join our Primary Care Mental Health Team covering the Braintree and Maldon locality. Working within General Practice, you will provide triage, assessment, care planning, and follow-up support for patients experiencing common mental health difficulties. You will work collaboratively with GPs, Primary Care Networks, secondary care services, and community partners to ensure individuals receive timely, person-centred care and are supported to access the most appropriate services. The successful candidate will be a confident and autonomous practitioner with excellent assessment, risk management, and clinical decision-making skills. A strong knowledge of local mental health pathways and a commitment to high-quality, recovery-focused care are essential. ### Main duties of the job Provide a seamless service to support patients’ recovery and wellbeing plans within the community. - Work collaboratively with GPs, Primary Care teams, to ensure patients are supported within the most appropriate clinical practice environment from a multidisciplinary perspective. - Triage and assess patients effectively. You will maintain a clear focus on prevention, early detection, and intervention, while promoting self-management through empowerment and partnership working with service users. - Deliver effective, safe, and responsive services that support the key principles of clinical and practice governance. - As the Primary Care model continues to develop, the post holder will support the team’s ongoing commitment to continuous service improvement, while safeguarding and maintaining high standards of care. - Undertake and provide detailed physical health investigations, including BMI monitoring, blood pressure checks. - Act as a signpost for both internal and external services appropriate to the needs of service users, ensuring timely access to relevant support and interventions where required. - Contribute to the development of integrated care pathways, promoting collaborative working across services to enhance continuity of care and improve outcomes for service users. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will provide a person-centred service that supports patients' recovery, wellbeing, and physical health needs within the community. Working collaboratively with GPs, Primary Care teams, Consultant Psychiatrists, and other partner agencies, the post holder will ensure patients receive timely access to the most appropriate support and are managed within the most suitable clinical setting. Key responsibilities include: - Triaging referrals and facilitating access to appropriate services and interventions. - Undertaking comprehensive mental and physical health assessments. - Developing and reviewing person-centred care plans that promote recovery and wellbeing. - Conducting physical health investigations, including BMI monitoring, blood pressure checks, ECGs, and requesting blood tests where clinically appropriate. - Maintaining safe clinical practice in accordance with Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards, the NHS Constitution, and organisational policies. - Supporting effective clinical governance and contributing to continuous service improvement initiatives. - Working within a multidisciplinary framework to deliver safe, responsive, and high-quality care. As Primary Care Mental Health Services continue to evolve, the post holder will play a key role in supporting service development while maintaining high standards of patient care. - Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) qualification with current NMC registration. - Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). - Experience working within mental health services. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with fluency in English. - Ability to manage challenging situations with sensitivity, professionalism, and objectivity. - Strong assessment, risk management, and decision-making skills. - Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams and across organisational boundaries. Due to the geographical area covered by the service and the limited availability of public transport in some locations, the ability to travel independently across the locality is essential. ### 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 ### Skills/Experience **Essential** - Experience of working within a Mental Health setting - Literate in IT/Computer Skills - Good oral communication skills based on fluency on the English Language - Ability to inspire confidence in the MDT, service users, carers and junior staff. **Desirable** - use of System one ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Ability to manage difficult situations sensitively by listening, showing tolerance and remaining objective. - Ability to identify barriers to change and develop strategies to overcome them - Self -motivated with the ability to use supervision effectively and be resourceful in a clinical setting - Ability to work under pressure - Ability to contain the emotional impact of working with people with Mental Health problems - Shares the Trust’s Beliefs and models this in their attitude and behaviour: Able to ensure that the organisational values of open, compassionate and empowering are demonstrated by self and others every day - Ability to work within a Multi -discipliary team ### Additional Requirements **Essential** - Fitness Analysis as appropriate - Current driving licence - Ability to travel across sites efficiently and across Trust boundaries to attend meetings, etc. **Desirable** - Be flexible in the hours that you work which are necessary to meet the changing needs of the service where appropriate ### Education/Qualifications Knowledge **Essential** - Registered Mental Health (RMN) - Risk Management training and/or Suicide Prevention training - Mentorship Preparation - Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) - Meet the requirements for revalidation as set out by the NMC - High standard of education - Good written and spoken English **Desirable** - Venepuncture trained - Level 2 accredited Stop Smoking advisor - Trained to deliver Physical Health screening ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 152.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2990) - [job description (pdf, 640.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10654445) - [person specification (pdf, 512.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10654446) - [candidate privacy policy (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1853) - [right to work information (pdf, 293.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2355) - [values of the nhs pension (pdf, 151.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2659) - [why join the nhs pension scheme (pdf, 91.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1849) - [employer recognition scheme - gold award (pdf, 27.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2451) ## 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.