Community Practitioner - Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Band 6 Community Practitioner within the Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire Early Intervention in Psychosis Team. The successful candidate will work with individuals aged 14-65 experiencing a first episode of psychosis or at risk of developing it, providing holistic assessments and evidence-based therapeutic interventions. The post involves managing a caseload with a focus on quality interventions and recovery, working autonomously within a supportive multi-disciplinary team. Applicants should be registered mental health nurses, social workers, or occupational therapists.
Key responsibilities
- Provide individual client interventions within an evidenced based person centered care pathway for clients aged 14 to 65.
- Assess patients with a potential first episode of psychosis and formulate, develop, and implement programs of care.
- Conduct risk assessments and deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions for psychosis.
- Use a recovery focused approach to support the client's journey.
- Ensure effective care across internal and external boundaries, consulting with relevant people during assessment, planning, and evaluation.
- Provide and promote early detection of people with psychosis and contribute toward clinical guidelines.
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. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
- 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
- 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
- Leadership or management experience
- Significant experience working with children and young people with mental ill health in a community setting.
- 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
Community Practitioner - Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP)
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
The Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire Early Intervention in Psychosis Team is seeking a Band 6 Community Practitioner to be a part of the team . Applications are welcome from registered mental health nurses, social workers and occupational therapists.
This is an opportunity to be a part of a very supportive team, where your contribution and development are highly valued. The successful applicant will work with individuals experiencing a first episode of psychosis or at risk of developing psychosis, across the North Yorkshire area. Experience of working specifically with individuals experiencing psychosis would be desirable, but not essential, as in house training will be provided.
You will be able to work autonomously and will be willing and able to develop your skills and knowledge for this specialist role. You will be involved in completing holistic assessments and delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions to people on your caseload. Managing a caseload is part of your role, however in EIP we aim to keep caseloads to a manageable level to enable our clinicians to focus on quality interventions and increased clinical contact, with an emphasis on recovery.
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