Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 03/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Senior Community Mental Health Practitioners to join a multi-disciplinary team in Durham, specialising in working with older people with mental health difficulties. The role involves managing a caseload, providing assessments, care coordination, and delivering interventions in the community and care homes. Applicants should have 18 months post-qualifying experience and a genuine interest in collaborative working with older adults and their families.
Key responsibilities
- Provide assessments, care co-ordination and deliver intervention in the community/care homes.
- Manage your own caseload, working with people who have complex needs.
- Work collaboratively with a range of statutory and third sector agencies.
- Develop leadership and clinical skills in a community setting.
- Travel independently across the locality for business purposes.
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 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
- 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.
- Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
- Clinical Risk Assessment and Management 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
- For registered nurses: Non medical prescriber
- Leadership or management experience
- 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.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 5d
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Senior Community Mental Health Practitioners to join our Community Mental Health Team here in Durham, to work with older people with mental health difficulties.
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced practitioners to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, specialising in work with Older Adults. Applications are welcome from those with Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy registrations. As a senior practitioner you will have a genuine interest in collaborative working with older adults experiencing functional and/or organic mental health problems including their carers and families.
Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at the point of application.
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 registered professional this is an ideal opportunity for someone who wants to develop their leadership and clinical skills in a community setting. As a core member of the team, you will also be responsible
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