Facilitating Early Discharge Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working closely with inpatient wards to facilitate safe discharge of mental health patients to their homes or appropriate accommodation. The practitioner will support patients in transitioning from hospital to the Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) and focus on developing community links to prevent hospital admissions. The position ensures a smooth transition for service users between specialist and mainstream services.
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Practitioner
- Able to understand the difference between crisis planning and contingency planning and able to formulate explicit planning in these areas
- Demonstrate the ability to work sensitively in a non judgemental way with service users who are in crisis
- Assertiveness skills in relation to bed management
- Complete risk assessments which reflect the risk a service user may pose.
- Able to understand the difference between crisis planning and contingency planning and able to formulate explicit planning in these areas
- Knowledge, understanding and experience of the care pathways for psychosis and non psychosis and relevant interventions
- Understanding of how physical illness and substance misuse can affect the mental health of individuals
- Knowledge of Safeguarding procedures, Criminal Justice procedures, Mental Health legislation, guidance and processes,
- Registered Mental Health Practitioner
- Able to understand the difference between crisis planning and contingency planning and able to formulate explicit planning in these areas
- Demonstrate the ability to work sensitively in a non judgemental way with service users who are in crisis
- Assertiveness skills in relation to bed management
- Complete risk assessments which reflect the risk a service user may pose.
- Able to understand the difference between crisis planning and contingency planning and able to formulate explicit planning in these areas
- Knowledge, understanding and experience of the care pathways for psychosis and non psychosis and relevant interventions
- Understanding of how physical illness and substance misuse can affect the mental health of individuals
- Knowledge of Safeguarding procedures, Criminal Justice procedures, Mental Health legislation, guidance and processes,
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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Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Facilitating Early Discharge Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
You will work closely with the inpatient wards in the Bay and HBTT to support patients be safely discharged to their own homes or appropriate accommodation. You will work to support patients be discharged from hospital and engage with HBTT. You will be focused on developing community links preventing hospital admission and will ensure the smooth transition for service users between specialist and mainstream services and other teams.
Main duties of the job
You will be a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Approved Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Dip SW with evidence of professional development. You should have some post qualifying experience and should have experience of working with people who have a severe mental illness within an acute environment. Some experience of working within a community setting may also be beneficial.
We can offer you supervision, training and support. You will be part of a team and be included in the developments moving the service forward.
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