Mental Health Nurse Practitioner -Primary Care Mental Health

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Mental Health Nurse Practitioner -Primary Care Mental Health The closing date is 08 December 2026 Apply for this job Job summary To provide Initial screening/assessments for new intakes, work collaboratively within the integrated Healthcare team to identify needs, create care plans and provide referrals, including Mental Health interventions and other appropriate support to ensure continuity of care for people resident in the prison. Main duties of the job Providing Initial Reception and secondary screening services for new intakes into the prison Estate, including assessment and identifying healthcare needs, highlighting appropriate care pathways, making appropriate referrals to the Integrated MDT and collaborating with people on initial plans of care. Ensuring prompt and relevant referrals to appropriate teams for comprehensive healthcare interventions and following up on the referrals for the first 14 days after the patients' arrival at the prison. Work as an integral member of the EDIC/Releases and Transfer team - including conducting pre-release planning clinics and all other relevant interventions as assigned by the EDIC Manager. To provide Primary Mental Health engagement, reviews and interventions to people on the primary mental health caseload, including attending ACCT reviews, CPAs, caseload planning meetings, caseload reviews and MDT meetings. About us Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care Details Date posted 27 October 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £45,953 to £54,254 a year per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 277-8376337-ISIS Job locations HMP ISIS Western Road, Thamesmead London SE28 0NZ United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities As a Primary Mental/ EDiC Health Practitioner, you will; Ensure that newly arrived prisoners are assessed, their healthcare needs identified, appropriate referrals made to relevant care pathways and tha