Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner (SPCMHP)

The closing date is 27 November 2026

Job summary
Band 6 - £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - Full Time - 37.5 hours per week - Fixed Term Contract 12 months. Base - Mid Essex - Braintree Maldon locality. This post will be based within General Practice, working alongside existing Primary Care teams to triage, assess, and follow up patients registered with local GP practices within the Braintree area.

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, and Consultant Psychiatrists 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.
• 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.

Job responsibilities

• Ensure safe clinical practice is maintained at all times, adhering to Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards and working in line with the NHS Constitution.
• Undertake and provide detailed physical health investigations, including BMI monitoring, blood pressure checks, ECG's and requesting blood tests where clinically appropriate.
• Be responsible for the completion of full and comprehensive assessments and, where appropriate, provide person-centred care planning for service users requiring physical health-related aspects of care, with the support of the multidisciplinary team.

Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
• Risk Management training and/or Suicide Prevention training
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD)
• Experience of working within a Mental Health setting
• Current driving licence

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts and Employee Assistance Programme.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.