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Senior mental health practitioner

Peterborough
NHS
Mental health practitioner
Posted: 20 October
Offer description

Go back Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust


Senior Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 27 October 2025

Hi, my name is Mike and I am the Service Manager for both Peterborough and Cambridge CRHTT's. This post is for the Peterborough team but we have positions both ends of the county. We are HTAS accredited, reflecting the high standard of care we provide, and have great opportunities for personal growth and development.

Peterborough Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team is a well-established service at the heart of acute crisis care within Peterborough and surrounding areas. Covering a large geographical area, rich with diversity, team is made up of very experienced staff, of various disciplines, all with their own unique brilliance.

You will be responsible for conducting comprehensive assessments and collaboratively planning care and treatment interventions with those we are supporting. This includes effectively managing high risk presentations at times, so requires a good knowledge base and comprehensive skill in risk management and safety planning.


Main duties of the job

Our aim is to offer an urgent Mental Health Assessment and Home Treatment for those referred and assessed as requiring the services of the Team.

Identify the appropriate intervention or management required or if necessary, recommend the most suitable referral agency.

Provide assessment reports/letters containing the necessary information of a high standard and monitor reports by junior staff to ensure they are of an equal standard.

To contribute to achieving the Teams objectives, monitoring, and evaluating workloads through effective clinical leadership.

Be conversant and proactive with Government legislation pertaining to the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Crisis Care Concordat, NHS Plan and Clinical Governance.

Encourage, promote, and maintain effective communication with partner agencies both statutory and non-statutory.


About us

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.


Job responsibilities

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

* To offer an urgent Mental Health Assessment and Home Treatment for those referred and assessed as requiring the services of the Team.
* Identify the appropriate intervention or management required or if necessary, recommend the most suitable referral agency.
* Provide assessment reports/letters containing the necessary information of a high standard and monitor reports by junior staff to ensure they are of an equal standard.
* To contribute to achieving the Teams objectives, monitoring and evaluating workloads through effective clinical leadership.
* Provide urgent assessment/intervention for AMH service users out of their teams core hours of service.
* The post will include flexible working patterns over a 37.5 working hours per week to incorporate cover for 24 hours, 7-day service, including on call if required to meet the needs of the service users & carers. Ensure accurate and timely recording on CPFT Information Systems, i.e. Systm One.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website


Person Specification


Education / Qualifications

* Registered Nurse/Occupational Therapist/Social Work
* Post qualification specialist mental health training


Experience

* Experience of working in a community setting
* Experience in leadership role
* Experience of developing and providing teaching programmes
* Experience of managing and training staff
* Qualification in leadership
* Ability to deliver mental health awareness and varied concise information


Skills & Abilities

* Effective written and verbal communication skills
* Effective organisational and time management skills
* Clear evidence of effective & safe decision making and problem solving.
* Ability to contribute to service development and ability to manage change
* Ability to work under pressure
* Ability to develop and lead new initiatives within the clinical care environment
* Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act
* Understanding of therapeutic skills for clinicians required to support patients in an acute phase of illness
* Clear understanding of CRHTT practice and treatment objectives.
* Commitment to and understanding of IT.
* Knowledge of SOVA and Safeguarding policies
* Mental Health Act Training
* Any additional training relevant to CRHTT intervention


Physical Requirements

* Able to cover shifts over a 24 hour period, 7 days a week
* Ability to travel across a large geographical patch


Other

* Committed to the empowerment of service users and carers promoting their involvement in service delivery
* Provide and promote non-discriminatory care


Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum pro rata

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