Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner Band 5

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner Band 5

The closing date is 11 May 2026

We are looking for a band 5 mental PCN worker who will be based within the primary care network and GP surgeries in Clacton. The successful candidate will be supporting adults presenting with mental health needs. The role focuses on improving access to early Mental health support within primary care and helping people manage their mental health wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

• To improve the lives of people with mental ill health by minimising the impact of their condition through the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and wellbeing.
• To be compassionate in meeting the needs of patients and their cares.
• To work closely with Primary Care and Community health care colleagues within the locality regarding the mental health needs of their adult practice population. To be professionally accountable and responsible for patient care.
• To promote social inclusion, community access and participation through the provision of patient care.
• To provide timely and time effective triage calls to patients and identify patients holistically, including liaising with other services.
• To provide follow-up support for the Mental Health Practitioners and General Practitioners within your PCN.
• To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental ill health.

About us

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Job responsibilities

We are a developing service and our aim is to transform the way mental health support is delivered in North East Essex. We are a team that respect and value diversity, and innovation and have the passion to constantly evolve our practice, always striving for better.

Our ambition is to deliver a first class offering to people in their communities and we want you to be a part of that ongoing vision. This will include working closely with the North East Essex Health and Wellbeing Alliance. The Alliance brings together local authorities in North East Essex (Colchester and Tendring) with other commissioners and providers of health and wellbeing services, such as the NHS, County Council Social Services, and the voluntary and community sector, working together to tackle not just illhealth, but the causes of ill-health by having joint goals of reducing inequalities and creating healthy, resilient communities for everyone. As part of Live Well we promote healthy living in communities and families across Colchester and Tendring to improve physical and mental well being.

If you share our passion to put the patient at the centre of all we do, then you could be our next practitioner.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Professional qualification in mental health or equivalent.
• Additional qualifications in person centred interventions.

Knowledge & Experience

• Evidence of continuing professional/personal development.
• Minimum 6 months post-registration community mental health experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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.

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

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