Band 7 Primary Care Mental Health Lead ARRS Role


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£49,387 to £56,515 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Atherstone, CV9 1EU
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	2 Oct 2026
Closing date:	19 Oct 2026

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Summary

To act as the first point of contact for any clinical concerns raised by any GPs and other mental health practitioners, to offer advice, support and signposting to appropriate agencies. To support with the prevention of de/escalation to specialist/acute services and reduce inappropriate referrals to Specialist Community Mental Health Services. To support the reduction in carer crisis, hospital admissions and inequality Support smooth transition between Primary and Specialist Community Mental Health services when required. Ensure service users are more quickly supported to the right service utilising the PCN social prescribers or equivalent. Improve access to mental health services for service users and carers at the first point of contact as required. Participate in receiving and screening referrals and complete comprehensive risk and evidenced based decisions. To recognise and describe effectively symptoms of mental illness and distress and escalate concerns effectively and in a timely manner. This may include decisions made with SCMH GPs and social prescribers. Decisions may include signposting to the appropriate services, either within the CWPT, or externally as appropriate, and providing advice and feedback to referrers. Utilise high level of specialist knowledge for assessment to undertake high quality Brief Solution Focused work when appropriate and facilitate referral on for appropriate treatment if required within SCMH. To be responsible for the development and implementation of a person-centred approach to care: screening and decision making for referrals, identifying the needs of service user and their carers To determine priority, need and plan service user intervention, where service user presentations are complex, include risk assessment and support onward referral to the appropriate service. To record any assessment / assessment of risk and plan for each person they see on CWPT specified systems To link in with locality place-based community mental health duty teams to discuss any open referrals or for advice. For service users presenting in crisis, the post holder may be required to support / or in conjunction with the GP referral process to Mental Health Access Hub. To agree with the patient brief interventions to be offered or other support such as referral to social prescribers, referral to IAPT or SCMH as appropriate Facilitate onward referral to the Voluntary sector via social prescribers.

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