Senior Crisis Practitioner - Community Mental Health Team
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 36
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
The Community Response Service provides urgent assessment, care, and stabilisation for people experiencing mental health crises, aiming to prevent hospital admissions. As a Band 6 Senior Crisis Practitioner, you will assess individuals, deliver person-centred care, manage a caseload, and collaborate with the multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Team. This role involves making sound clinical decisions and maintaining high professional standards.
Key responsibilities
- Manage Community Response Service caseloads.
- Assess and support individuals experiencing mental health crises.
- Plan, deliver and evaluate person-centred care.
- Make sound clinical decisions based on assessments.
- Maintain high professional and clinical standards.
- Provide leadership and supervision to junior staff.
- Contribute to service development, governance and quality improvement.
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse with current NMC registration.
- Significant community mental health experience.
- Relevant degree, diploma, or willingness to work towards a recordable qualification.
Desirable criteria
- Experience supporting people with complex mental health needs, including psychosis and substance misuse.
- Understanding of current best practice and leadership principles.
- Community mental health experience with complex cases.
- Driving licence preferred but not essential.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £43,231 – £52,679 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job reference:
258236
Salary:
Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
Job closing date:
20/09/2026
Job Type:
Nursing and Midwifery
Location:
Crown House
Employment type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week:
36
Job posted date:
03/09/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Department:
Community Mental Health Team
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Job Advert
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a p opulation of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.
The role:
The Community Response Service provides urgent assessment, care and stabilisation for people experiencing mental health crises, supporting them at home or in the community to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. As a Band 6 Senior Crisis Practitioner, you will assess individuals in crisis, deliver person-centred care, manage a caseload, and work closely with the multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Team (CMHT).
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