Primary Care Mental Health Nurse

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 25 February 2026

The post holder will be working within a busy team alongside a team of registered mental health nurses and be supported by the Team Manager, Senior Clinical Lead/CBT Practitioner, and team administrators.

Post holders will have a high level of autonomy working across designated GP practices, managing their own clinics and providing mental health assessment and evidence-based treatment for people aged over 18. You will provide a service to people who exhibit complex common mental health needs and stable, predictable and enduring serious mental health needs. You will be expected to develop and manage all aspects of their service, such as waiting lists according to local need, working within the parameters of the service operational policy.

A key aspect of this role is GP consultation, liaison, education and training. You will be expected to attend GP practice meetings at least twice a year to discuss the service and actively seek feedback and report any issues to the team leader as well as areas for improvement and any innovative practice for sharing and disseminating. Staff will be expected to autonomously manage high volumes of referrals.

Staff are expected to work on their own initiative in a busy and demanding service and to be able manage change effectively.

To be the first clinical point of contact for the service, effectively screening, assessing and working with service users with complex common mental health needs and stable, predictable and enduring serious mental health needs, exercising judgement to identify and assess healthcare needs, and consider range of options for treatment.

To deliver Primary care recovery focused Psychological Interventions that meet the need of service users who are too complex and/or not suitable for Talking Therapies yet do not meet the threshold for the Psychological Therapies in Secondary care mental health.

Support Primary care (GP Surgeries) in the management of service users on Depot medication. Depots to be administered by practice nurses. Assist primary care with identifying early warning signs, relapse signatures, follow-up appointments following non-attendance and re-referral back to Secondary Mental Health Services where indicated.

Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse with a passion for making a positive impact on people's lives?

Does improving access to high quality, innovative and compassionate services for people with mental health needs drive you?

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a motivated Band 6 Mental Health Nurse to join our Primary Care Mental Health Team in Dudley.

Don't miss your opportunity to join a team of highly skilled clinicians working to make a difference in the Black Country.

The successful candidate will join our Primary Care Mental Health (PCMH) service, which bridges the gap between NHS Talking Therapies and Community Mental Health Services. The service provides triage, assessment, signposting, referral and brief NICE guidance interventions delivered through a person-centred and recovery focussed model.

The role of the Primary Care Mental Health Nurse involves working within the team to support adults over the age of 18 years and up, offering both one-to-one and group evidence-based psychological therapies. The role will include carrying a clinical case load.

All staff are required to undertake specific administrative and preceptor tasks, including record keeping, inputting activity data, audit and participating within business and service development meetings.

If you're someone who is innovative, proactive, and passionate about providing high-quality holistic care, then don't miss your opportunity to apply for this exciting role.

See Job Description for full details.

Post holders will support Multi-Disciplinary Team settings and models of working.

All staff are required to undertake specific managerial, administrative and preceptor tasks; including record keeping, inputting activity data, performance management, audit, research activity and participating within business and service development meetings.

The trust supports robust clinical supervision arrangements as well as an expectation to deliver and receive clinical supervision; annual personal development reviews will also be provided. Team members will actively participate in and support the development of new ways of working which will strengthen and support the coordination of a whole systems approach to meeting client need. Members will also be involved in service evaluation, audit, and research initiatives.

• RMN Registration, or equivalent OT, Social Worker
• Higher qualification at least to degree level in a relevant subject
• Postgraduate training relevant to Mental Health

• Specialist skills in assessing and formulating individual intervention plans for adults and…