Mental Health Practitioner (MHP)

The role will work across the interface between Primary Care and Mental Health Services to provide advice and support, assessment, treatment, education and problem-solving approaches to the Local Primary Care Teams, Service Users and Carers. The role aims to improve the experience for our patients with mental health needs who would otherwise have seen a GP and the postholder will manage a caseload. The focus will be providing continuous assessment and treatment to people with mental health difficulties. This will include recovery co-ordination and care management functions, liaison with statutory and non-statutory organisations. The post holder will be an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team. You will preferably have the ability to prescribe depression, anxiety etc., and be able to undertake interim reviews with our patients with the possibility of having CBT exercise and be able to hold CBT sessions. Please see attached JD and person spec for full details.