First Contact Assessor
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a qualified mental health professional to join the Adult Community Mental Health Service in South West Hertfordshire. The assessor will undertake first contact assessments for referrals, providing consultation, support, and education on mental health problems for adults. The position involves liaising with GPs and other primary care services to ensure smooth pathways between primary and secondary mental health services. It is a face-to-face contact role based in Watford.
Essential criteria
- Registered mental health professional appropriate to the job role (nursing, OT, SW)
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Completion of Mentorship/preceptorship Course/ENB equivalent, or intention to complete
- Non medical prescriber
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
- Minimum of one year post-registration experience
- Previous experience of working in the community/primary care setting
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Experience of delivery teaching sessions to colleagues and professionals
- Experience of working alongside people with complex mental health problems
- QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING
- Registered mental health professional appropriate to the job role (nursing, OT, SW)
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Completion of Mentorship/preceptorship Course/ENB equivalent, or intention to complete
- Non medical prescriber
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
- Minimum of one year post-registration experience
- Previous experience of working in the community/primary care setting
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Experience of delivery teaching sessions to colleagues and professionals
- Experience of working alongside people with complex mental health problems
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £41,957 – £50,387 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
First Contact Assessor
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
Are you a talented qualified mentalhealth professional with a skill for assessment?
Are you interested in working with an outstanding Trust to develop and deliver community treatment in mental health?
If yes, we would love to hear from you. We are seeking to recruit an assessor to join the Adult Community Mental Health Service (ACMHS) inSouth West Hertfordshire.
We welcome diversity in our workforce and encourage applicants from people of all ages and backgrounds, such as those with lived experience of mental health difficulties.
Our team is based in Watford and this a face to face contact role.
Here's what our staff say about working in the team:
"It's a privilege to help people make the changes they want to see in their lives. I get to see about three people each day, on site, and I love my job." (LP, Counselling Psychologist, South West ACMHS)
"This was my first job in NHS and I didn't know what to expect, but there is so much training provided, I was and am able to shadow different professionals in first contact assessments - it is such a great opportunity to learn and participate in MDT."AV, Health Care Assistant
Main duties of the job
- Work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with complex health p
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