Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced mental health clinician to work full time as a Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner in Gateshead Central South PCN covering the below practices:
Wrekenton Health Centre
Bewick Road practice
Gateshead Central Surgery
Bensham Family practice
Millenium practice
Fell Cottage practice
Fell Tower practice
Beacon View practice
The Primary Care Practitioner role is already embedded and the model consists of a mixture of first contact triage and follow up brief interventions. This is an autonomous role and the successful applicant will have access to peer support via a daily huddle with other Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners.
The successful applicant will be offering assessment, brief intervention and navigation to local services to both working age adults and older patients. You should have extensive clinical knowledge in assessing and managing mental health needs and experience across a range of mental health settings.You must have the ability to travel between surgeries in the same day.
Main duties of the job
As a Mental Health Practitioner working in primary care, you'll work autonomously within the GP practice offering initial mental health consultation/ triage, assessment and formulation, signposting and onwards referral as well as providing brief interventions suited to patients in primary care.
You'll work at the forefront of developing an innovative approach to mental health in primary care. You'll have excellent interpersonal skills, be committed to delivering excellent patient care and have extensive experience of working in a range of mental health services. You'll be supported by the practice teams that you work alongside daily as well as having regular opportunities for formal supervision and peer support with other mental health practitioners working across the PCN and county.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 29th September 2026
Closing date : 13th October 2026
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
Education and qualification
Essential
- Professional Qualification and current Professional Registration as, a First Level Registered Nurse (RNMH, RMN, RNLD) or equivalent as an AHP, Social Worker or Clinical Psychologist
- Degree or equivalent qualification or experience in evidence based psychological therapies relevant to Pathway.
- Post Graduate Degree or equivalent qualification or experience.
- Student Nurse Assessor or equivalent
Desirable
- Post Registration Qualifications in Psychological Interventions
- Non medical prescriber
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Participate in Joint Development Reviews
- Commitment to Partnership working both multi-agency and multi-disciplinary.
- Coordinating and supporting staff in the day to day provision of clinical services.
- Knowledge and Understanding of equal opportunities legislation and policies.
- Experience of collaborative working across agencies and professional disciplines.
- Proven ability to manage a clinical caseload in a flexible manner as required.
- Proven ability to manage a clinical caseload in a flexible manner as required.
Desirable
- Experience of management and leadership
- Experience in carrying out research
Skills and competencies
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills including negotiation and conflict management
- Evidence of effective organisational skills
- Expert Clinical Supervision Skills
- Evidence of maintaining accurate and contemporaneous record keeping.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Dryden Road
Gateshead
NE9 5BY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)
