Mental health practitioner Work, Jobs in Suffolk (with Salaries)

Mental Health Practitioner
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust —Ipswich
- £39,959 - £48,117 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Nursing
- Travel
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
12d
Mental Health Practitioner
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust —Ipswich
- £39,959 - £48,117 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
12d
Senior Mental Health Practitioner
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust —Ipswich
- £39,959 - £48,117 a year
- Full-time
- Nursing
- Travel
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
4d
Senior Mental Health Practitioner
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust —Ipswich
- £39,959 - £48,117 a year
- Full-time
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
4d
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (Qualified)
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust —Bury St. Edmunds
- £32,073 - £39,043 a year
- Full-time
- In-person
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
12d
Safeguarding Practitioner
One Sixth Form College —Ipswich
- £23,730 - £29,541 a year
- Full-time
- Organisational skills
- IT
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
Mental Health Hospital Link Worker
Mid and North East Essex Mind —Colchester
- £15,268.50 a year
- Part-time
- Hospital
- IT
- Communication skills
- Sick pay
4d
Associate Practitioner
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust —Colchester
- £28,392 - £31,157 a year
- Full-time
- Employee discount
9d
Nursery Practitioner Level 3
Busy Bees —Stowmarket
- Up to £14.90 an hour
- Full-time
- Childcare
- Working with children
- Organisational skills
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
Positive Behaviour Support Assistant
Home not Hospital —Frinton-on-Sea
- £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Travel
- Communication skills
- Referral programme
11d
Practitioner Psychologist 18-25s Psychology Service, North East Essex
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust —Colchester
- £49,387 - £64,750 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Relocation assistance
- Employee discount
Senior Mental Health Nurse
PPG Health In Justice —Newmarket
- £43,609 - £49,175 a year
- Free parking
- Employee discount
General Practitioner - CAS
Practice Plus Group IUC —Ipswich
- £65 - £85 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Communication skills
Practice Consultant 10899
Norfolk County Council —Attleborough
- £34,000 - £48,227 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- In-person
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
1d
Advanced Clinical Practitioner - CAS
Practice Plus Group IUC —Ipswich
- £42 - £55 an hour
- Monday to Friday
- GP surgery experience
- Master's degree
- Communication skills
Designated Safeguarding Lead and Cover Supervisor
Ranelagh Primary School —Ipswich
- £30,456 a year
- Full-time
- School
1d
Senior Community Mental Health Nurse
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust —Colchester
- £39,959 - £48,117 a year
- Nights as needed
- Relocation assistance
- Annual leave
9d
Community Occupational Therapist
East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust —Diss
- £39,959 - £48,117 a year
- Part-time
- Nursing home
- Analysis skills
- Travel
Apprentice Educator
Busy Bees —Stowmarket
- £10.50 an hour
- Full-time
- Mentoring
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
Relief Nursery Practitioner Level 3
Busy Bees —Stowmarket
- £14.52 an hour
- Full-time
- Working with children
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme

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Mental Health Practitioner

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust -
Ipswich

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£39,959 - £48,117 a year
12 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Employee discount

Qualifications

Nursing
Primary care

Full job description

Mental Health Practitioner

Band 6

Main area

Mental Health Practitioner

Grade

Band 6

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

246-WSN8122773

Site

Mariner House

Town

Ipswich

Salary

£39,959 - £48,117 gross per annum (pro rata)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

20/07/2026 23:59

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience

Job overview

The Wellbeing Service is an NHS Talking Therapies Service, providing primary care assessment, advice and psychological interventions to people in Suffolk aged 16 and above. The service primarily caters for those who would like to access support with mild to moderate mental health difficulties including anxiety and depression.

The service is delivered via a partnership between Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT). We deliver a bio-psycho-social model which includes psychological, employment and social interventions across the county. Our treatments are delivered primarily by telephone, online via webinars, and face to face.

We require excellent communicators and self-motivated individuals who are committed to delivering a high standard of care. The role predominantly involves undertaking assessments of individuals within primary care including the assessment of risk to consider access or re-access to secondary mental health services. You will be undertaking screening and triage of referrals, to identify appropriate onward pathway. You will be providing support and advice to other health care professionals, including attending and chairing Interface meetings as appropriate. Ensuring that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines, primary care and Trust policies and procedures.

Main duties of the job

Wellbeing MHP Step 1

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest providers of Talking Therapies services in the country. We are currently seeking a passionate, motivated clinician to work within our Step 1 Team as a Mental health practitioner, with at least 2 years post PWP qualification experience, who is passionate about Talking Therapies, to develop their career within the service.

This position provides an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual with a strong clinical background in mental health and a good understanding of the challenges of working in Primary Care as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist or Mental Health Practitioner.

The role will involve conducting clinical assessments, assessing and managing risk, as well as performing screening and triage of referrals to determine the appropriate onward pathway. Risk assessment and management is an essential aspect of this role. You will be able to demonstrate experience of conducting thorough risk assessments, safety planning and support, as well as an ability to work in a dynamic fast paced team.

Working for our organisation

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about. Wellbeing Suffolk delivers NHS Talking Therapies and is currently benchmarked in the top three NHS Talking Therapies Services in the country with workforce surveys evidencing high morale. The service was recently awarded continuation to deliver the Talking Therapies contract for a further five years, with a potential to extend for a further 5 years. This award builds on existing strengths to deliver the new model launched agreed in September 2024, so, a very exciting time to be joining the service.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Some of the benefits you can expect:

NHS pension
a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
career progression
starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
staff physio service
NHS discounts and many more.

Interviews date to be confirmed and will be held in Bury St Edmunds ( this may be subject to change) You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

This position is located at Mariner House in Ipswich. If successful at interview, there may be flexibility regarding a base location at either Ipswich or Bury St Edmunds.

This is a particularly positive time to join us, following contract renewal and APPTS accreditation. Our service benchmarks favourably within the national programme and boasts a positive culture, as measured by NHS Trust Surveys. The service is enhanced by data driven community engagement, taking provision closer to the local population served whilst maintaining and developing a broad portfolio of clinical specialisms, including perinatal, trauma and long term conditions. We are looking to recruit to enhance our model across East and West Suffolk. Recent service innovations have included digital enhancements to maintain pace with expected delivery standards and associated efficiencies.

Suffolk Talking Therapies is research active and is working closely with the University of East Anglia, a UK Top 25 university (Complete University Guide 2025) as both a provider of training for mental health professionals and a research partner as we build our portfolio of projects. We are also working with local acute and community healthcare providers, embedding our therapeutic staff within wider systems of health. The service has excellent access to ongoing training and specialist supervision.

We are committed to quality through external scrutiny and have recently been awarded accreditation following review by the Accreditation Programme for Psychological Therapies (APPTS), part of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, College Centre for Quality Improvement assurance programme.

Hybrid working is an option, but it is expected that at least 3 days per week will be spent on-site.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Nursing Degree or equivalent, Dip O.T., Social Work or Psychology Qualification
Mentorship qualification or ENB 998.
Higher Degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical therapeutic practice.
Ongoing professional development working towards degree level
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner qualification- 2 years post qualification experience.

Desirable criteria

Good to great management course equivalent. APPT Trainer

Experience

Essential criteria

Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience.
Demonstrate effective risk management and risk management experience.

Skills

Essential criteria

Care Planning skills.
Risk Assessment knowledge and skills.

Desirable criteria

Training re: Suicide prevention, Safeguarding and Medicine Management

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. NICE guidelines

Desirable criteria

Certificate in area of clinical practice

Other

Essential criteria

Ability to travel independently

Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

YOUR APPLICATION

We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

PLEASE NOTE: If you use a hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your "junk" mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your " junk" inbox.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be 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.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Gemma Shrimpton

Job title

Deputy Service Manager

Email address

[email protected]

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Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Experience

Essential criteria

Skills

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Other

Essential criteria

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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