# Senior Mental Health Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner/4f8e2191-6b52-4cfa-90ec-6155ed18bbdb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner/4f8e2191-6b52-4cfa-90ec-6155ed18bbdb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 pro rata per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (or Secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T09:42:50.477Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Tolworth/South_West_London_St_Georges_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/Primary_Care/Primary_Care-v8061569 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8061569?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners in Kingston. In this role you will work as part of the primary care team in specified Primary Care Network(s), providing support to GP practices for patients presenting with mental health problems. This support will include provision of advice, education, support and interventions to patients and carers. You will also have responsibility of the Mental Health Practitioners working across PCN’s in the specified borough. ### Main duties of the job In this role you will work as part of the primary care team in specified Primary Care Network(s), providing support to GP practices for patients presenting with mental health problems. This support will include provision of advice, education, support and interventions to patients and carers through bookable appointments. You will provide expert advice and education to primary care staff across the specified Primary Care Network(s). You will also be responsible for the management of Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner's working across Primary Care Networks. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To provide medicine education and adherence advice and lifestyle advice for patients and their carers, presenting with mental health problems - To assist in supporting early intervention and supporting shared decision-making around self-management. - To work with patients and team members to support engagement with appropriate services and treatment which may include onward referral to secondary mental health services or signposting to other mental health services, social prescribers, voluntary services and community-based support groups. - To support patients to transition from secondary care to primary care by providing up to three step-down sessions at the point of step down from secondary care services. - To support patients to transition from primary care to secondary care when more specialist or intensive support is required, such as for those patients with complex needs who require additional support. - To support patients to stay well within their local communities, including the reinforcement of newly learned psychology techniques - To always work to promote the safety and the wellbeing of service users and their families/carers. - To develop and maintain close relationships with Primary Care practices, attending practice meetings and having regular informal contact. - To work closely and in partnership with colleagues within primary care and the Trust in a collaborative way, ensuring that decisions are made that ensure the best care for service users and carers and that there is a seamless pathway of care. - To work closely with GPs to assess risk of those patients with a Mental Health diagnosis; by providing expert advice and consultation. - To support primary care teams with the administration of long-acting injections for those patients with complex needs who require additional support. - To support patients on the SMI register to access annual physical health checks and to carry out these checks and physical health monitoring for those patients with complex needs who require additional support. ## Job Details We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners in Kingston. In this role you will work as part of the primary care team in specified Primary Care Network(s), providing support to GP practices for patients presenting with mental health problems. This support will include provision of advice, education, support and interventions to patients and carers. You will also have responsibility of the Mental Health Practitioners working across PCN’s in the specified borough. ## Job Description In this role you will work as part of the primary care team in specified Primary Care Network(s), providing support to GP practices for patients presenting with mental health problems. This support will include provision of advice, education, support and interventions to patients and carers through bookable appointments. You will provide expert advice and education to primary care staff across the specified Primary Care Network(s). You will also be responsible for the management of Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner's working across Primary Care Networks. ## Responsibilities To provide medicine education and adherence advice and lifestyle advice for patients and their carers, presenting with mental health problems To assist in supporting early intervention and supporting shared decision-making around self-management. To work with patients and team members to support engagement with appropriate services and treatment which may include onward referral to secondary mental health services or signposting to other mental health services, social prescribers, voluntary services and community-based support groups. To support patients to transition from secondary care to primary care by providing up to three step-down sessions at the point of step down from secondary care services. To support patients to transition from primary care to secondary care when more specialist or intensive support is required, such as for those patients with complex needs who require additional support. To support patients to stay well within their local communities, including the reinforcement of newly learned psychology techniques To always work to promote the safety and the wellbeing of service users and their families/carers. To develop and maintain close relationships with Primary Care practices, attending practice meetings and having regular informal contact. To work closely and in partnership with colleagues within primary care and the Trust in a collaborative way, ensuring that decisions are made that ensure the best care for service users and carers and that there is a seamless pathway of care. To work closely with GPs to assess risk of those patients with a Mental Health diagnosis; by providing expert advice and consultation. To support primary care teams with the administration of long-acting injections for those patients with complex needs who require additional support. To support patients on the SMI register to access annual physical health checks and to carry out these checks and physical health monitoring for those patients with complex needs who require additional support. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant relevant clinical experience - Experience of working with people who have experienced serious ongoing mental health problems - Experience of research based/reflective practice e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence-based practice - Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions, including triage and assessment, to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems - Knowledge of clinical governance and audit **Desirable** - Previous experience of working within primary care ### Knowledge & Skills **Essential** - Ability to provide quality care that is responsive to service user needs, without close supervision - Good organisational skills - Excellent written and oral communication skills - Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others **Desirable** - Specialised clinical skills, e.g. group work, anxiety/anger management, CBT, family work skills ### Training & Qualifications **Essential** - Registered mental health professional appropriate to the job role (Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Pharmacy technician, Psychologist, Pharmacist) - Evidence of post qualification training/education - Evidence of continuing professional development **Desirable** - Experience of using quality improvement methodologies ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 785.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2069) - [staff benefits (pdf, 239.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2318) - [swlstg diversity (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2314) - [swlstg privacy notice (pdf, 106.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2510) - [dbs information for candidates (pdf, 109.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=627) - [anti racism values into actions (pdf, 815.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2865) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 129.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10351883) ## 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.