ARRS Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 04/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an ARRS Mental Health Practitioner embedded within Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Cheltenham. The practitioner will provide early assessment, treatment, and support for individuals with mental health needs in primary care. It involves working autonomously within GP practices, leading best practice, and linking with wider health and social care services. The position requires flexibility, collaboration, and a desire to improve services, with professional development and supervision provided by GHC Trust.
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Practitioner, eg Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
Desirable criteria
- Non Medical Prescriber
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
- Significant, recent clinical experience in the assessment of mental health at Band 7 level.
- Front line experience of using advanced assessment skills especially in determining the nature and severity of mental illness/health (functional and organic) and differentiation between physical and mental health symptoms and conditions.
- Extensive working knowledge of the makeup of the wider health and social care community including statutory and non-statutory services and direct experience of multi inter-agency working and collaboration.
- Detailed working knowledge of how specialist mental health services are organised and operate, where and how they fit into the health and social care community.
- Contemporary experience of working in a primary care setting.
- Experience of assessment and management of patients with mental health conditions in a primary care setting.
- Experience of the wider community mental health service in recovery / crisis teams.
- PERSONAL SKILLS ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES
- Resilient and able to manage a significantly different, fast-paced workload in primary care.
- PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
- Confident to work without explicit supervision
- Registered Mental Health Practitioner, eg Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
- Non Medical Prescriber
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
- Significant, recent clinical experience in the assessment of mental health at Band 7 level.
- Front line experience of using advanced assessment skills especially in determining the nature and severity of mental illness/health (functional and organic) and differentiation between physical and mental health symptoms and conditions.
- Extensive working knowledge of the makeup of the wider health and social care community including statutory and non-statutory services and direct experience of multi inter-agency working and collaboration.
- Detailed working knowledge of how specialist mental health services are organised and operate, where and how they fit into the health and social care community.
- Contemporary experience of working in a primary care setting.
- Experience of assessment and management of patients with mental health conditions in a primary care setting.
- Experience of the wider community mental health service in recovery / crisis teams.
- PERSONAL SKILLS ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES
- Resilient and able to manage a significantly different, fast-paced workload in primary care.
- PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
- Confident to work without explicit supervision
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 10d ago · Closes in 6d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
ARRS Mental Health Practitioner - Cheltenham Peripheral PCN (covering [contact details removed] GL52 6HS and Cleevelands Medical Centre GL52 7YU)
This is an exciting opportunity to improve the experience for individuals with mental health needs through offering early assessment and access to treatment and support to promote mental health and well-being within primary care.
Embedded within Primary Care Networks (PCNs), our ARRS Practitioners are outward facing linking seamlessly with the Gloucestershire Health and Care (GHC) NHS Foundation Trust, where we will provide support with supervision and training opportunities. The PCNs provide a welcoming environment for SMHPs making them feel part of their teams team and there is Countywide support from SMHP colleagues based in other practices.
Main duties of the job
The ARRS Practitioner will be an integrated member of the GP practice team and will take the lead in ensuring best practice is delivered across your allocated GP surgeries. The role requires working autonomously in providing high volume assessment, diagnosis, and treatment appointments, advice and support for GPs in caring for other patients with mental health issues, improve links with and navigation to community providers. The MH Practitioner will work within a number of GP practices within a specific Primary Care Network.
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