Community Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing person-centred therapeutic support to older people with mental health difficulties across various community settings and care homes. You will conduct specialist assessments, reviews, and interventions for complex needs, including dementia and cognitive impairment. The position requires working flexibly, supporting patients, carers, and staff, and contributing to service development and quality improvement. You will also plan and oversee care for patients in both primary and secondary care.
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Functional Mental Health Concerns
- Knowledge of Dementia Types
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act and Mental Health Measures
- Knowledge of Medications used in our practice
- NMC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Substantial experience having completed preceptorship program
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
- Experience within Older Adult Mental Health
- Transport
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
- Ability to be able to travel to different locations in the borough
- Knowledge of Functional Mental Health Concerns
- Knowledge of Dementia Types
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act and Mental Health Measures
- Knowledge of Medications used in our practice
- NMC Registration
- Substantial experience having completed preceptorship program
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
- Experience within Older Adult Mental Health
- Transport
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
- Ability to be able to travel to different locations in the borough
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £40,559 – £48,841 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Community Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
In this role, you'll provide person-centred therapeutic support to older people experiencing mental health difficulties across community settings, care homes, and memory assessment services.
You'll carry out specialist assessments, reviews, and interventions for people with complex needs, including dementia, cognitive impairment, and other mental health conditions, making sure care is effective, evidence-based, and as least restrictive as possible.
You'll work flexibly across services--supporting patients, carers, and staff while also getting involved in service development and quality improvement.
You'll also help plan and oversee care for patients in both primary and secondary care, including those living in the community and in care homes.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of this role involve working closely with older people and their families to provide compassionate, person-centred support, including having sensitive conversations around diagnosis and care needs in a reassuring and respectful way.
You'll carry out specialist mental health assessments, including memory and functional assessments, and manage a varied caseload across community and care home settings. You'll deliver practical, evidence-based care for people with d
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