Clinical Treatment Practitioner

NHS; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Blackburn is seeking a dedicated Clinical Treatment Practitioner. This role is ideal for a Registered Mental Health Nurse passionate about promoting recovery and well-being. You will deliver clinical treatments and monitor patient outcomes. Excellent communication skills and experience in mental health are essential. This position offers a 30-hour work week on a 12-month fixed term contract.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Support for work/life balance

Qualifications

• Evidence of relevant post basic training.
• Experience in mental health community.
• Intermediate Life Support.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical treatments and monitoring to clients according to policy.
• Provide nursing activity in the delivery of pharmacological treatments.
• Oversee and support the delivery of ECT.

Skills

Care Programme Approach

Education

RMN Post Registration Qualification

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Treatment Practitioner

The closing date is 07 December 2025

The Pennine Clinical Treatment Team currently have an opportunity for a Band 6 Clinical Treatment Practitioner

12-month fixed term contract/secondment - 30 hours per week

An opportunity has arisen for a Registered Mental Health Nurse, to join the Pennine Clinical Treatment Team. You must be a motivated individual, committed to promoting recovery and well-being for our service users. Excellent communication skills are essential for the role. Previous experience of Clinical Treatment Team work is desirable.

This post provides the opportunity for a forward thinking and experienced individual to develop and implement safe, sound and supportive services that embrace the provision of holistic care.

Main duties of the job

To provide the delivery of clinical treatments and monitoring to clients as per policy, guidance and best practice.

To provide nursing activity in the delivery of pharmacological treatments and subsequent patient monitoring for desired outcomes and unwanted side effects. Such treatments include depot medications, lithium carbonate and Clozapine treatment regimes. The work undertaken will include delivery of treatment initiation programmes, which meets expected national standards for this client group.

To oversee and support in the delivery of ECT and work to meet expected accredited standards, in association with medical and anaesthetic colleagues across organisations.

To work in close association with the Clinical Treatment Manager, other clinical treatment practitioners/assistant practitioners and medical and pharmacy colleagues, community team managers, pharmaceutical services including the Clozaril Patient Monitoring Service, staff from The Acute hospital Trusts, medical and nursing staff within primary care to deliver service cohesion and effective interfacing.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RMN Post Registration Qualification

Further Training

• Evidence of relevant post basic training

Experience

• Experience in mental health community
• Intermediate Life Support

Skills

• Care Programme Approach

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.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust