Overview
Are you an experienced CAMHS or Adult Mental Health Practitioner? An exciting opportunity has become available within the Mental Health Urgent Assessment Centre (MHUAC). We are inviting applications for a Senior Registered Mental Health Practitioner. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about the Urgent Treatment Pathway and the Mental Health Urgent Assessment Centre, and about supporting service users by providing a calmer and safer alternative to the Emergency Department for individuals who have no medical need to be there. You would deliver high-quality, timely, evidence-based assessments and develop plans to support patients\' safe recovery.
Experience in a Crisis or Acute Mental Health setting is required. On successful recruitment, you would provide professional practitioner supervision, foster effective therapeutic relationships with service users and professionals, provide expert clinical advice and support, and provide leadership and guidance to the team on shift.
The MHUAC provides a calm and safe alternative to A&E for individuals who have no identified medical need but are experiencing mental distress and need urgent access to support. Service users will receive a high-quality and timely assessment that is evidence-based and can be signposted to appropriate services to support their recovery.
Main duties of the job
* Assess care needs, develop and implement plans of care for individuals experiencing acute mental health deterioration or crisis.
* Be the clinical leader of the team when on shift.
* Provide clinical services that operate within the policies, protocols and clinical procedures of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust.
* Work as part of a team providing a user-focused, accessible and responsive assessment service that is safe, supportive and competent for people with acute mental health problems.
* Work patterns will include days, evenings, weekends, nights and bank holidays.
* Provide management supervision to Band 5 and Band 3 staff.
* Undertake managerial duties in the absence of the team coordinator.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do. We are rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, with a Care Quality Commission rating of outstanding for well-led and good overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and among the top for being compassionate and inclusive. We offer flexible working and a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity and have active staff networks. Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that is friendly and affordable.
Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.
Details
Date posted: 30 September 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for Change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 274-11524-AI-C
Job location: Peter Hodgkinson Centre, Greetwell Road, Lincoln, LN2 5UA
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Implement evidence-based practice in the provision of treatment and care to clients.
Be accountable for the clinical caseload using resources as appropriate.
Select appropriate assessment tools for assessing specific client needs and risks.
Demonstrate sound clinical decision-making skills that are in the interests of the client.
Provide skilled clinical supervision to others.
Apply health-enhancing skills in a wider group/community setting.
Apply self-awareness to reflections on practice.
Person Specification
Essential
* Registration with relevant professional body (for nurses specifically: RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent)
* Mentorship training
* Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice
Desirable
* Certificate in clinical supervision
* Management Training
Experience Essential
* Relevant experience of working with adults with mental health needs or substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis with transferable skills to community/in-patient settings. Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
* Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health.
* Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
Desirable
* Experience of working within mental health care
Skills Essential
* Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosures
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details: Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Peter Hodgkinson Centre, Greetwell Road, Lincoln, LN2 5UA. Website: lpft.nhs.uk
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