Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting 6-month fixed term or secondment opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join the MHSOP Redcar and Cleveland team. The role involves assessing individuals experiencing mental ill health and memory decline, from assessment and diagnosis through to treatment and transfer back to primary care. You will also participate in duty work on a rota basis. Candidates must have 18 months post-qualifying experience.
Key responsibilities
- Assess people experiencing mental ill health and memory decline from assessment, diagnosis, treatment and transfer back to primary care.
- Participate in duty work on a rota basis.
- Provide service to individuals with mental health issues, with an emphasis on assessing for cognitive impairment.
- Work collaboratively with service users and their carers and families.
- Manage complex cases in partnership with other agencies.
- Encourage ongoing engagement from all staff utilising effective leadership skills.
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration with an approved professional body.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education.
- 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework (at the point of application).
- Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
- Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a care environment.
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
- Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate.
- Mentoring or facilitating students on practice placement.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Quality improvement activities
- Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for patients in the designated field.
- Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
- Care Programme Approach and its application in practice.
- Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
- Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
- Clinical Governance and its application in practice
- Research and development methodology
- Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment.
Desirable criteria
- Leadership or management qualification
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
- Leadership or management experience
- Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community environment.
- The Trust's Quality Improvement System (QIS)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for expressions of interest for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our MHSOP Redcar and Cleveland based at Reed Marsh House. This would be for a 6-month fixed term/secondment opportunity. The role will involve assessing people experiencing mental ill health and memory decline from assessment, diagnosis, treatment and transfer back to primary care. The role would involve duty work on a rota basis.
Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at the point of application.
We encourage interested staff to come along to visit our base and discuss opportunities and get to know the MDT.
This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. However, sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements, therefore, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
Main duties of the job
As a member of the team, you will provide a service to those individuals who present with mental health issues, with an emphasis on assessing for cognitive
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