Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

Sussex Partnership; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization in Brighton is seeking a Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner to deliver mental health assessments and care planning. You will be working in a community setting, supporting individuals in accessing the right level of mental health care. The ideal candidate will have a core professional qualification in mental health, significant experience, and confidence in flexible partnership work. Benefits include 27 days annual leave, flexible working options, and a £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible and compressed working options

Excellent supervision and wellbeing support

NHS discounts and employee assistance support

£2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualifying experience in mental health.
• Experience in community and primary care mental health services.
• Confidence working flexibly across organizations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver mental health assessments and care planning.
• Work closely with GPs and secondary mental health services.
• Support individuals in accessing appropriate levels of care.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing

Community Mental Health Services

Assessment and Risk Management

Flexibility in Partnership Work

Education

Core professional qualification (Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy, or Social Work)

Job description

Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner – Band 6

📍 Brighton | Brighton & Hove Wellbeing Service | Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

💼 Permanent | Full time / part time / flexible working

📅 Closing date: 14 January 2026

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT) is recruiting Band 6 Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners to join the Brighton & Hove Wellbeing Service.

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of primary care, delivering rapid, responsive mental health assessments, brief interventions and care planning to people accessing support through GPs, self-referral and community routes.

About the role

You’ll be part of an established Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner service, working across community settings, SPFT venues and GP practices.

The team supports people whose needs sit between primary and secondary care, helping them access the right level of mental health support at the_piece time. You’ll deliver assessments, risk formulation, brief treatment and group work, and provideholder onward signposting to ensure people receive the most appropriate care.

You’ll work closely with GPs, secondary mental health services (including rapid response teams), voluntaryawesome sector partners and colleagues across the Brighton & Hove Wellbeing Service.

This role also sits within a wider programme of community transformation, helping shape neighbourhood mental health services and new ways of working across primary care networks.

We’re looking for people who have

• A core professional qualification (Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy or Social Work)
• Significant post-qualifying experience in mental health
• Experience or strong understanding of community and primary care mental health services
• Strong assessment, risk management and الصناعة plans
• Confidence working flexibly and in partnership across organisations

What we offer

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Flexible and compressed working options
• Excellent supervision, wellbeing support and development opportunities
• NHS discounts and employee assistance support
• £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive (subject to T&Cs)

Why Sussex Partnership

We’re rated Good overall and Outstanding for Caring by the CQC. At Brighton & Hove Wellbeing Service, you a supportive, innovative environment where staff ideas are encouraged and servicesնդ. have shaped collaboratively.

We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and possíveis welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and disabled applicants.

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