Primary Care Mental Health Specialist

1 week ago


Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and enthusiastic Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner to join our team at Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work alongside a Mental Health Liaison Practitioner to facilitate mental health assessment in primary care and support GPs with joint decision making in relation to secondary care referrals, signposting, and transition of service users from secondary mental health services back to Primary Care.
  • Provide support, education, and problem-solving approaches for adults of working age, and be an active member of the primary care team with the ability to undertake very short-term interventions for clients with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
  • Work in a well-supported autonomous role that will allow experience, decision-making skills, and service user focus to thrive and develop.

About Our Organisation

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

We deliver many NHS services, including children, adult, and older people's mental and physical health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.



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