Mental Health Practitoner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
Candidates needing sponsorship are encouraged to apply.
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role is for a senior Mental Health Practitioner within the Older People's Intensive Home Treatment Team. The team provides multidisciplinary support to individuals in mental health crisis, aiming to prevent inpatient admissions or facilitate early discharge. The post holder will conduct complex assessments, make autonomous clinical decisions, and play a key role in gatekeeping acute inpatient admissions. They will also provide clinical leadership and supervision to junior staff.
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/ AHP/ Social worker
- Evidence of post qualification training in relevant area
- Formal training/ demonstratable evidence as Practice Educator/ Assessor/ Supervisor
- [contact details removed] experience (older people's mental health, crisis experience, community experience)
- Experience of providing supervision to junior colleagues/ students
- Experience conducting crisis assessment/ reviews and risk assessment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of shift co-ordination/ deputising for senior colleagues
- Knowledge of relevant mental health legislation (Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act)
- Ability to work autonomously and manage competing demands under pressure
- Car driver with license and access to vehicle for work purposes
- Involvement in clinical audit/ research
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/ AHP/ Social worker
- Evidence of post qualification training in relevant area
- Formal training/ demonstratable evidence as Practice Educator/ Assessor/ Supervisor
- [contact details removed] experience (older people's mental health, crisis experience, community experience)
- Experience of providing supervision to junior colleagues/ students
- Experience conducting crisis assessment/ reviews and risk assessment
- Experience of shift co-ordination/ deputising for senior colleagues
- Knowledge of relevant mental health legislation (Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act)
- Ability to work autonomously and manage competing demands under pressure
- Car driver with license and access to vehicle for work purposes
- Involvement in clinical audit/ research
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £45,953 – £54,254 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
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Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Mental Health Practitoner
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
Job overview
The Older People's Intensive Home Treatment Team is a multidisciplinary team, providing a service seven days a week, 365 days per year to individuals in mental health crisis with the principal aim of providing an effective alternative to inpatient care. This involves intensive clinical work over short periods of time to prevent the need for admission or facilitate safe early discharge. The team also carries out 72 hour follow-up for individuals discharged from mental health inpatient units.
As a senior clinician, the post holder will play a key role in the gatekeeping of acute inpatient admissions, undertaking complex assessments to determine whether individuals can be safely and effectively treated in their own homes. This requires a high degree of clinical autonomy, advanced risk formulation skills, and the ability to make robust, evidence-based decisions under pressure.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence based care. The post holder will be expected to support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribu
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