# Specialist Mental Health Practitioner - Primary Care > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-mental-health-practitioner-primary-care/86f7f94d-f9c7-4610-a2d2-a591f443e876 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-mental-health-practitioner-primary-care/86f7f94d-f9c7-4610-a2d2-a591f443e876.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Littlemore Mental Health Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health practitioner - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-17T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-04T11:13:04.190Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Faringdon/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Adult_Mental_Health/Adult_Mental_Health-v8247738 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8247738?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This role of Specialist Mental Health Practitioner for Primary Care is fundamental to the development and leadership of innovative new teams and integrated mental health services based within networks of GP Practices (PCNs). The role promotes and provides early assessment, treatment and improved access to evidence-based interventions for people with SMI. The role will help people to focus on achievable goals and access local community resources. The service will be for people over 18 years old (including carers) with a specific focus on: Those with mental health needs that exceed the access criteria for IAPT and do not meet the access criteria for secondary care People with serious or significant mental illness (SMI) who are in recovery and relatively stable in secondary care mental health services who could be cared for within primary care People with SMI who are eligible for an annual health check and medication review and improved access to physical health interventions Younger adults with SMI (18-25years) particularly those transitioning between children’s and adult services Those diagnosed with, or presenting with traits of, personality disorder who will benefit from enhanced support across primary care through the MHICS team ### Main duties of the job As part of a small team, the postholder will: - Contribute to delivering and co-developing the primary care mental health service model. This includes care pathways for the provision of integrated physical and mental health care in a designated Primary Care Network within Oxfordshire. - Work as part of the MDT to support and advise the Primary Care Team in triage, assessment and treatment of patients needing mental health support. - Accept referrals direct from primary care via an agreed route, promote early assessment / treatment, and ensure robust relationships and links with other community-based services. - Work with adults (18+) with severe / significant mental illness, whose mental health needs can be best met within primary care and whose difficulties are best understood within a biopsychosocial model. - Work closely with colleagues in specialist community mental health services to ensure smooth transitions between teams and services and facilitate an ‘easy in, easy out’ approach to improve access to evidence-based interventions. - Work closely with, and provide day to day support and guidance to, the primary care navigator role, connecting people to appropriate community and voluntary sector support. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Extensive community mental health care experience with adults living with serious mental illness **Desirable** - Experience in primary care setting ### experience **Essential** - Extensive experience of delivering person centred interventions with people living with serious mental illness **Desirable** - Experience of delivering psychosocial intervention with adults who have serious mental illness ### Qulaification **Essential** - Relevant professional qualification **Desirable** - Post graduate relevant training ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 696.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10559643) - [guidance notes for candidates applying for a job at ohft (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2228) ## 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.