Band 6 Specialist Mental Health Practitioner - South Bristol MINT
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This Specialist Mental Health Practitioner role is crucial for developing and leading innovative mental health services within Primary Care. The post involves providing early assessment, treatment, and evidence-based interventions to support individuals contacting primary care for mental health needs. You will help people define achievable goals, access community resources, and receive comprehensive mental health assessments. The role focuses on supporting those who don't meet IAPT or secondary care criteria, individuals with serious mental illness not under secondary care, and older adults with complex issues.
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist
- Post qualifying experience working in the community
- Sufficient assessment skills
- Ability to demonstrate safety planning and risk management
Desirable criteria
- Additional training (ie CBT, DBT or other)
- Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist
- Post qualifying experience working in the community
- Sufficient assessment skills
- Ability to demonstrate safety planning and risk management
- Additional training (ie CBT, DBT or other)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Band 6 Specialist Mental Health Practitioner - South Bristol MINT
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
This new role of Specialist Mental Health Practitioner for Primary Care is fundamental to the development and leadership of innovative new teams and integrated mental health services based within Primary Care.
The role promotes and provides early assessment, treatment and improved access to evidence-based interventions supporting people contacting primary care for help with their mental health needs.
Main duties of the job
The Specialist Mental Health Practitioner role will help people over 18 years old, who are accessing support through primary care, to define achievable goals and access local community resources and receive an assessment of their mental health and care needs.
Areas of focus will include:
Those with mental health needs that do not meet the access criteria for IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies provided through Vita Health) and do not meet the access criteria for secondary care.
People with serious or significant mental illness (SMI) who are not under secondary care mental health services and require this.
Those diagnosed with, or presenting with traits of, personality disorder who will benefit from being signposted to services who can best meet their needs
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