Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
13 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Undertaking assessment / use of appropriate assessment tools • Formulation & diagnoses • Collaborative care planning • Providing treatments & interventions • Can monitor, review & evaluate patient care / needs.
- Skills
Ability to accurately assess & manage patient presentations to a high professional standard.
- Knowledge
ln-depth knowledge in their specialist clinical field of Mental Ill health conditions & diagnoses
- Knowledge
Appropriate evidence-based treatments & interventions for the clinical care setting / conditions/ service users you work with.
- Experience
Working independently &/or effectively as part of a multi-professional team.
- Experience
Confidence to discuss patient management / express difference of clinical opinion with other members of the Multi-professional team
- Experience
Being a strong clinical role model & leader, inspiring others to deliver safe, effective and personal care every time
- Experience
Effectively managing a patient caseload in a community team setting or in-patient area
- Experience
Willingness to sensitively challenge & effectively address ineffective/weak/poor practice/systems where it/they occur.
- Qualifications
Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Qualifications
Appropriate demonstrable post registration clinical practice as a Registered Healthcare Professional.
- Qualifications
Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Qualifications
Post registration qualification plus equivalent experience to postgraduate level
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Skills acquired in a breadth / diverse range of care settings / services organisations.
- Knowledge
Breadth of knowledge of Physical Health Assessment & Management
- Experience
Experience of working in a physical health care setting.
- Experience
Experience of working with individuals with a breadth of physical & mental health conditions.
- Experience
Experience of working in a broad / diverse range of care settings / services / organisations.
- Qualifications
A recognised qualification in Clinical Supervision.
- Qualifications
Psycho-Social Interventions (PSI) Qualification
- Qualifications
Experience of working with all age mental health
Job overview
This is a new additional role to the East Primary Care Network (PCN) to join well established band 7 and band 6 practitioners.
A PCN is a group of GP Practices coming together to share their experience, workforce and services with the aim of improving access and meeting the needs of local patients and communities. The East PCN covering areas including Armthorpe, Dunsville, Hatfield, Stainforth, Thorne and Moorends.
The role is 24 hours per week, working over 3 or 4 days top include Monday/ Friday.
Main duties of the job
- Provide a role in supporting Primary Care Networks (PCN) in triaging mental health concerns and providing specialist advice, signposting and forward referral as appropriate.
- Support GPs within the network to make appropriate referrals and support bridging a gap between primary care and secondary services while working in partnership across the system
- To act as a point of contact for GPs to gain advice and support regarding people’s mental health.
- To be available to participate in primary care practice level meetings, including any meetings involving serious concern, i.e., safeguarding and risk management.
- To provide a comprehensive Primary Mental Health Service across the whole range of patients, service will be provided mainly via clinics and one-to-one interactions with service users which will include the provision of bio-psycho-social assessment and treatment delivery.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
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.
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This advert is for Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner (via ARRS) with Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust in Doncaster, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Mental health practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Sep 2026.
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