Senior Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
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Role summary
The States of Guernsey is seeking an experienced Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join the Older Adult Community Mental Health Team, which includes the memory service. This role involves providing specialist input to service users and carers affected by mental health diagnoses, delivering evidence-based care, and putting service users' needs first. The practitioner will work autonomously, conducting assessments, formulating care plans, and managing risk for older adults with mental health needs.
Key responsibilities
- Undertake assessment of patients/service users with complex needs, including those with unconfirmed diagnoses.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate specialised programmes of care utilising evidence and research.
- Work autonomously, recognising changes in patients'/service users' presentation and escalating as appropriate.
- Guide, advise, and direct other staff in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of specialised patient/service user care.
- Promote patient/service user involvement in care planning, delivery, and evaluation, respecting their beliefs and dignity.
- Be accountable for ensuring safeguards are in place for patients/service users and escalate any safety, safeguarding, or risk concerns.
Essential criteria
- A Qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse RMN
- Post Registration courses at degree or diploma level
- Active and working on the NMC register
- Practice Supervisor or Mentor
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,860 – £64,615 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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States of Guernsey
Senior Ment
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
The States of Guernsey are looking for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join the Older Adult Community Mental Health Team.
The Older Adult Community Mental Health Team which incorporates the memory service which is based on the Island of Guernsey is looking for an experienced Band 6 Senior mental health practitioner. As a band 6 Mental Health Practitioner you will be part of a service that will provide specialist input to service users and their carers who may be affected by a mental health diagnosis. You will be part of a service that provides evidence based, first class healthcare putting service users needs at the centre of the service.
You will be expected to have a level of knowledge and expertise acquired through a proven in-depth experience of older adult community mental health needs, contribute to and provide assessment and post diagnosis support of patientes within the memory service and dementia care, underpinned by extensive post registration to develop skills, knowledge and values.
Able to work autonomously on completing assessments, formulating person centred care plans and risk assessments for those accessing the service. Knowledge and being part of Safeguarding processes, formerly assessing capacity and holding a valid driving licence essential.
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