Mental Health Practitioner

7 days ago


Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom Vita Health Group Full time

The Role:
What you will do?

The Role:


We are looking for a motivated and committed Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) to work within our Basildon and Brentwood Primary Care Network service as a Mental Health First Contact Practitioner (FCP).

An integral member of the Primary Care Team, the FCP is responsible for assessing, signposting, and following up service users who attend at their local GP practice with mental health difficulties.

You will ensure that patients receive the right care at the right time for their specific needs.

Are you a passionate RMN, can you demonstrate?

  • A current Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registration
  • Knowledge and experience of working with a range mental health difficulties
  • An appreciation of how mental health and physical health issues affect psychological and social functioning
  • Robust assessment skills including risk assessment and management
  • The ability to work well within teams as well as independently
  • The ability to establish and foster strong therapeutic alliances with patients
  • Excellent communication skills


IT skills
  • Microsoft Office/Patient record systems

Skills and Experience:

Essential:

  • RMN qualification with current NMC registration
  • Ability to travel in and around the Basildon and Brentwood area when the situation allows

Why Vita Health Group?:

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do.

We are physical and mental health specialists with over 30 years of experience.

We work in partnership with the NHS, support the UK's largest corporate companies to help assist their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.


To progress your skills and enable career development we provide Continued Professional Development opportunities including secondments, management training, a mentoring scheme and regular events and webinars across a range of clinical disciplines.

We are committed to equitably support the wellbeing of all employees as demonstrated by:

  • Our association with the MINDFUL EMPLOYER Charter for Employers who are Positive About Mental Health.
  • Our status as a Menopause Friendly Committed employer.
  • Our sign up to the Employer with Heart Charter.
  • Our commitment to meet the standards outlined in the NHS Equality Delivery System (EDS). Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES).
  • The provision of access to health and wellbeing services for colleagues which includes a team of trained Mental Health Advocates and an Employee Assistance Programme.
  • An embedded "speaking up" culture facilitated by Freedom to Speak Up Guardians.


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