# Senior Mental Health Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner/e613b7c5-d2f6-4aa2-b2ab-60ae4720b622 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner/e613b7c5-d2f6-4aa2-b2ab-60ae4720b622.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St George's (Trust Headquarters) - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health practitioner - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-16T12:54:47.642Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lincolnshire/Working_Across_Meridian_PCN/Lincolnshire_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Adult_Community_Health_Division/Adult_Community_Health_Division-v8365428 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8365428?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This role is an exciting opportunity to work directly with individuals in their community to teach and support individuals around mental ill health in Primary Care. This role is essential in supporting individuals to manage their mental health at the first stage of ill health and prevent further deterioration in their needs. The role is flexible and we promote hybrid working opportunities. Do you believe in change to our current systems, introducing new ideas and integrated working with the holistic care of the service user at its heart? Do you want to work within a GP surgery as the Mental Health subject matter expert? We want you to be in a role where you can guide, support, listen and educate on mental health for both our service users and our wider NHS colleagues to ensure individuals get the right, most appropriate mental health care dependant on their needs. ### Main duties of the job 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. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post. When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include: - Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy - Competitive annual leave allowance - Car leasing scheme - NHS pension scheme - Free eye tests - Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme - Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants ### 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 **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. ### 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 ### 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) ### Special Requirements **Essential** - Ability to travel independently throughout the county ## Documents - [lpft info (pdf, 44.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2654) - [staff network (pdf, 321.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2459) - [functional requirements (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10692559) - [tips for applicant success (pdf, 670.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2299) - [social worker plan 2025-2027 (pdf, 882.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2416) - [job description and person spec (pdf, 376.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10692560) ## 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.