Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner - Band 5

Job summary

We are looking to recruit x4 WTE Band 5 Primary Care Practitioners (ARRS) who are Registered Professionals to work in North Warwickshire which includes Nuneaton, Bedworth, Coleshill and Kingsbury,

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced or newly qualified Registered Professionals (RMN, OT or Social Worker) to join work within a Primary care environment and build on the existing multi-disciplinary PCN (Primary Care Network) team to support the mental health and well-being needs of a local community.

This is an ideal post for a professional who is interested and passionate about team working and seeing patients at a primary care level and who is innovative and able to provide a high-quality holistic approach.

You will be employed by Coventry and Warwickshire and Partnership Trust (CWPT) but will be fully embedded within a group of GP practices with a focus on supporting local patients living across North Warwickshire. You will work very closely with the other Mental health Registered professionals in the PCN, Clinical Director of the PCN, GP's and other members of the primary care team within the GP surgeries.

The post is directly patient facing, so you will have a meaningful impact on improving the access, experience and outcomes for patients on a daily basis. You will need to demonstrate impressive communication and engagement skills in order to respond to the needs of both patients and the practices you will work with.

Main duties of the job

This is an opportunity to develop your skills, whatever level you are currently working at, and to be part of a new service which will benefit many people.

We will offer a full induction, development of knowledge, skills and confidence, in relation to all aspects of the post. If you are newly qualified, we offer preceptorship. You will have a designated mentor/clinical supervisor and be part of a team. As there is investment in Primary Care, we want to be able to develop individuals and provide a career pathway and progression.

If you are passionate about making a difference and can use your expertise to improve mental health and wellbeing, then we want to hear from you! This is an exciting role, and your motivation, dynamism, and enthusiasm will be important to your colleagues and patients.

We exist to make a positive difference to the health and wellbeing of people and communities who need our services. This is our core purpose and the reason we come to work every day. We provide a full range of physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull. The Trust currently holds a 'Good' CQC rating.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.