Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Pulse; England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare staffing agency is recruiting for a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner in Wiltshire. This full-time role involves managing a caseload of children facing mental health issues, providing assessments, and implementing care. The position offers excellent support and opportunities within both NHS and private sectors. Immediate start is available along with benefits like a £300 referral bonus and access to ongoing training.

Benefits

First class support from dedicated consultants

£300 recommend a friend bonus scheme

Electronic timesheet processing app

Assistance with travel and accommodation

Access to high-quality voluntary training

Daily payroll

Qualifications

• Mental Health Practitioner with skills in case management.
• Experience in clinical treatment for diverse mental health issues.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined caseload with advanced clinical reasoning.
• Undertake assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care programs.
• Engage in holistic assessment and treatment of children with mental health concerns.

Skills

Managing a caseload

Clinical treatment work and consultation

Experience with a wide range of mental health presentations

Work well independently and as part of a team

Job description

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Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner, Wiltshire

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Client:

Pulse

Location:

Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

28

Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job Description:

Are you an empathetic Mental Health Practitioner looking for an exciting new role?

We are now recruiting for a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join a well-established NHS trust based in Wiltshire on a locum contract. The post on offer will be an immediate start for an ongoing period. Working full-time, 37.5 hours per week.

The successful Practitioner will management of a defined caseload using specialist knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning to undertake assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care programs. The successful practitioner will take an active role in the holistic assessment and treatment of children who present to the service with mental health problems and especially those that are at risk of or have attempted deliberate self-harm.

Skills and experience needed:

• Managing a caseload
• Offer clinical treatment work and consultation
• Experience with a wide range of mental health presentations
• Can work well independently and as part of the team

What next?

If you are an enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner with excellent rapport building skills and would like to learn more, please apply today, or contact a member of our team for more information.

Why Pulse?

• First class support and advice from our team of dedicated and experienced consultants
• £300 recommend a friend bonus scheme*
• ipoint – Electronic timesheet processing app
• Regional compliance team of trained phlebotomists’
• Variety of work opportunities in both NHS and private sectors
• Assistance with travel and accommodation
• Access to high-quality voluntary training
• Daily payroll
• Different payment methods – PAYE/PSC/LTD and umbrella

*Terms and conditions apply

Not for you but know the perfect Mental Health Practitioner?

If you are registered with Pulse and recommend a friend to us, you can earn a £300 bonus per recommendation, once they have worked over 200 hours*.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.