Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner; MHP

Go back Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

The closing date is 04 February 2026

Are you an experienced mental health professional looking for a new challenge? Would you like to add military mental healthcare to your career portfolio?

We are looking for someone with vision, substantial clinical experience and drive who can adapt to a new organisational culture whilst still adhering to the highest standards of professional practice.

Experience of assessing and managing risk will help to keep our serving military personnel safe whilst your clinical skills and knowledge will support timely and efficient service delivery.

Experience of working with military populations would be welcome but it is by no means a pre‑requisite for application. Your commitment and enthusiasm are more important!

We are seeking to recruit a Mental Health Practitioner for 37.5 hours per week to join a military Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) and Defence Mental Health Network (DMHN) at RAF Brize Norton. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

DCMHs are multi‑disciplinary teams comprising military and civilian staff: psychiatrists, mental health nurses, social workers, mental health practitioners and psychologists. The job is challenging and varied. Whilst there are similarities with NHS roles, to make the most of this opportunity you will need to be willing to embrace a different organisational culture, take on significant responsibility for risk management and apply your clinical skills in new and interesting ways.

As the successful post holder, you will provide a rapid, timely and high‑quality mental health service to all patients referred to the Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) for assessment and treatment of mental health problems and implementing changes as and when vital.

You will need to be experienced, enthusiastic and committed to service delivery and improvement.

Being able to cope well under pressure, be flexible and assertive and have the ability to communicate at all levels. Functioning as a member of the MDT, whilst working autonomously.

The post holder will provide flexible and individualised care packages to meet the mental health (MH) needs of military personnel with mental health problems.

• Free parking
• Learning and development opportunities
• Professional registration fees re‑imbursed

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Our success depends on our people – the Whole Force, regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision‑making and parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Duties and responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Receiving, appraising and advising on the direct referrals for mental health problems from relevant General Practitioners/Medical Officers (GP/MO).
• Providing initial assessment and…