Primary Care Mental Health Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen through our primary care improvement plan for a Primary Care Mental Health Nurse. This post will be based within GP practices throughout Forth Valley. Successful candidates will work directly with GPs, Practice Managers and the wider practice team to provide accessible primary care for people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.  The post holder will be a registered Mental Health Nurse with the drive and enthusiasm to provide holistic mental health assessments and evidence based interventions within a primary care setting.  Non-medical prescribing would be advantageous for this role but should not deter candidates with the other requisite skills.   

Skilled in Mental Health Nursing with a passion for person centred care, the Primary Care Mental Health Nurse will play a vital role in the provision of day to day primary care.  Primary Care Mental Health Nurses interface with secondary care and community based services, referring on when necessary.  This rewarding role requires resilient professionals with enthusiasm and the drive to innovate and develop.  

Professional leadership and supervision will be provided through the Primary Care Mental Health Service Team Leads. The successful candidate will work under the direction of the GPs and practice managers, often being the first point of contact for those with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.  The Primary Care Mental Health nurse will provide specific high quality psychiatric nursing assessments and interventions in a primary care setting, with the ability to refer on to appropriate services if required.

This is a rare opportunity to truly influence and improve the primary care experience for people seeking mental health support within the Falkirk and Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Care Partnerships.  As a valued member of our integrated services you will be involved in developing and promoting the integration agenda.  The ability and willingness to travel throughout the area of service delivery is essential for this post.

This post is subject to rotation.

The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.  More information on this scheme can be found at www.disclosurescotland.co.uk

For informal enquiries please contact;-

Caroline Robertson -  Interim Team Leader PCMHNs Stirling and Clacks Tel or email Caroline.Robertson9@nhs.scot or Adrian Massey Interim Team Leader PCMHNs Falkirk Tel or email Adrian.massey@nhs.scot  

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NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.  Please contact the Recruitment Office on if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and/or interview.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.