Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-PEN1039-CL
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- CMHT Rossendale & Hyndburn (25-65)
- Town
- Accrington
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Mental Health Practitioner
Band 6
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
We are currently looking for registered mental health practitioners, which includes qualified social workers, mental health nurses, or occupational therapists. Ideal candidates will have at least two years of post-qualification experience. You should be adept at working both collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and autonomously. Key responsibilities include assessing, planning, implementing, and reviewing care needs, as well as conducting risk assessments and management. You should also have the capability to explore how health and social factors impact mental health and overall well-being.
The Hyndburn and Rossendale CMHT serves various areas within Hyndburn and Rossendale, and your role will involve visiting service users in their homes, as well as working from our base at The Mount in Accrington.
Our team is a friendly, dedicated, and supportive group, committed to providing the highest quality care with the resources available in our local area. We are seeking passionate individuals who share our dedication to community mental health and are eager to help us deliver outstanding support to our service users.
If you are ready to make a difference in the lives of others while being part of a supportive and flexible team, we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
1. To undertake mental health assessments including risk assessments within a multi-disciplinary assessment team. Working closely with the Consultant Psychiatrist, thus ensuring that there is a multidisciplinary team approach
2. To be proficient in referring to other clinicians within the service or referring to other services/agencies where necessary.
3. To provide a fast, responsive service to assess individuals needs for access into mental health services
4. Providing a communication structure between GPs , IAPT and secondary MH services in LCFT, non-statutory service to ensure the highest possible standards of patient care
5. To provide mentoring and support for others
Working for our organisation
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- In-depth knowledge of mental health problems
- In-depth knowledge of issues that impact upon people with mental health problems
- Detailed knowledge of the impact of risk and protective factors that affect people with mental health problems
- Knowledge of medication prescribed for management of mental health issues
- In-depth knowledge of diversity and anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice.
- Knowledge of current mental health legislation/policy.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience.
- Post qualification experience of clinical work with service users experiencing a range of mental health problems
- Experience of delivering evidence based interventions in a time-limited framework
- Evidence of assessment across a broad range of mental health problems
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience of risk assessment and management
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess service users presenting problems and needs, quickly and accurately, under pressure.
- Ability to determine the most appropriate course of action from a range of available options.
- Ability to communicate clearly the outcomes of assessment, verbally and in writing.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and communication skills both oral and written
- Time management and caseload management skills.
- An ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to work collaboratively with a range of agencies.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Brunty
- Job title
- Consultant Social Worker
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01254 226150
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