JOB OVERIEW

Modality Partnership Nottingham Division has a full-time vacancy for a skilled and motivated Mental Health Practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary team working at Windmill Practice. The role is primarily based in practice, with some remote working likely as part of flexible service delivery.
We are seeking dedicated postholders to join our team and who can display our CARE values: Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Salary for this role is £46,000 per annum WTE.
This job is suitable for individuals who can demonstrate safe and effective patient interactions ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care whilst working alongside the wider nursing team and practice team.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Please refer to the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core responsibilities of this role.
· Work autonomously to manage a caseload of patients, undertaking comprehensive assessment of physical, social, and psychological needs to develop personalised, holistic healthcare plans.
· Create and communicate clear management plans in collaboration with patients, empowering them in their care.
· Deliver non-judgemental care, building therapeutic relationships while maintaining professional boundaries.
· Undertake triage, initial assessments, brief interventions, and reviews for patients accessing mental health support through the practice triage system.
· Be professionally accountable for patient care, providing direct psycho-social therapeutic interventions or signposting to appropriate services as needed.
· Provide clinical advice and specialist opinion to GPs and other members of the practice team, both in-person and remotely where appropriate.
· Play an active role in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care, applying safeguarding awareness and management on a case-by-case basis.
· Liaise effectively across practice-based care, the PCN Mental Health Nurse, and local secondary mental health services to ensure integrated and seamless patient care.
· Contribute navigation and networking expertise to improve access to a broad range of community-based mental health services and support.
· Support the development of patient-facing mental health information and support services, including the creation of group-based services and innovative hybrid or online service options in collaboration with the Modality Partnership, and incorporating remote delivery as appropriate.
· Complete relevant health checks related to mental health and contribute to continuous quality improvement initiatives within the practices.
· Supported use of AI scribe technology to improve clinical documentation and reduce administrative burden.
· Access to Modality Partnership’s wellbeing resources, including the Holly Health digital wellbeing platform.
· Collaborative daily team meetings for peer support, supervision, and learning.
· Work within a highly supportive, innovative, multi-disciplinary team.
You will love this job if you are seeking career development opportunities that can help you grow and build your nursing career. you have a passion for supporting patients by promoting health and well-being within the practice population, and you are able to carry out all relevant tests required to ensure patients such as those with long term conditions, or those that require tests as part of other medical conditions or referrals are supported.
If you feel this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.
Please note: Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any point during the recruitment stage.

KNOWLEDGE:

• Awareness of local mental health pathways and community resources
• Understanding of the social determinants of health and impact on mental wellbeing
• Understanding of quality improvement processes in healthcare
• Knowledge of AI-supported clinical tools and digital health innovation

SKILLS:

• Ability to triage, assess and manage mental health presentations in a primary care or community setting.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build therapeutic relationships while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Ability to provide specialist clinical advice to GPs and colleagues.
• Effective time management and ability to work independently.
• Competent IT skills, with the ability to use clinical systems and digital tools.

This is a hands-on patient facing role; we are seeking individuals to join our team who are caring, compassionate and confident. Applications are welcome from candidates with a background in mental health nursing, social work, allied health professions, or other relevant fields, with a proven ability to provide safe, effective, and person-centred mental health care.
This practice-based role enhances timely, holistic mental health care for our diverse inner-city population through a ‘first contact mental health worker’ model embedded within primary care. You will be a first contact mental health worker embedded in general practice, delivering holistic care through triage, assessment, brief interventions, and reviews. You will work autonomously while collaborating with GPs, PCN mental health colleagues and local services, improving access to mental health support for our diverse inner-city population of 22,000 patients. If you are passionate about improving mental health in primary care and want to be part of an innovative and supportive team, we would love to hear from you.