Job summaryWe have a part-time vacancy for a Mental Health Practitioner with a Nursing or Social Work qualification in the North Islington Core Team. This is a commissioned service provided by North London Foundation Trust, Local Authority and VCS partners including Hillside Clubhouse and Age UK. The service was developed in response to the Five Year Forward View, GP and commissioner and service user feedback and in line with the CIFT clinical strategy to enhance mental health expertise and support of primary care.
Main duties of the jobThe aim of the service is to increase the number of people whose mental health support is appropriately managed within primary care and to enhance the capability and confidence of primary care staff to manage mental health conditions. Patients may have complex mental health difficulties, long term physical health conditions, and/or be frequent users of GP or A&E and other resources, they may have been previously known to secondary care mental health services and may no longer reach their criteria or may not be willing to engage. Much of the support to primary care staff is achieved through a combination of consultation, liaison and advice, mental health assessment and review, case formulation and risk assessment.
The service consists of 3 multidisciplinary teams across 3 geographically aligned neighbourhoods in Islington. Each of these neighbourhoods is aligned to specific GP Practices. Each practitioner holds a caseload whilst patients are receiving interventions from within the service. This is to maintain capacity of the service to respond quickly to referrals.
About usNorth London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
- We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
NHS Discounts, generous annual leave, and NHS pension scheme
Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
DetailsPay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 455-NLFT-8004633-A
Job locations: Lowther Road, 1 Lowther Road, London, N7 8US, United Kingdom
Person SpecificationEducation & QualificationsEssential- Professional Qualification (RMN, OT, SW) with current professional registration with relevant body.
- Evidence of mental health training
- Evidence of continued relevant professional development
Experience & SkillsEssential- Experience of working within a community setting relating to mental health
- Experience of inter - agency working
- Assessment and care planning skills
- Caseload management skills
- Good written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Networking skills
- Problem solving skills
- Organisational skills
- Computer skills
Desirable- Experience of working with drug and alcohol services
- Experience of supervising staff / junior personnel
- Experience of leadership of project or working groups / policy implementation
- Experience of working in primary care
- Research skills
AbilitiesEssential- Ability to develop and deliver a service which promotes choice, involves patients and their relatives, friends and carers in all discussions regarding needs and care provided
- Ability to work effectively under own initiative
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer contact detailsFor questions about the job, contact: Service Manager, Helen Middup, helen.middup1@nhs.net, 07810291417
Post closes 27 October 2026. 