Community Mental Health Practitioner

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Telford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a practitioner for a role within the adult community mental health pathway. The selected candidate will be responsible for conducting assessments, delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions, and supporting health professionals. A relevant nursing qualification and experience working with complex mental health needs are essential. The position offers a supportive environment with generous benefits including career development opportunities and extensive health and wellbeing resources.

Benefits

NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity and paternity leave

Flexible working options

Up to 33 days annual leave

Health and Wellbeing support

Free car parking

Free flu vaccinations

Salary sacrifice car and bike options

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, or Therapist.
• Post-qualification experience in mental health settings.
• Skills to offer tailored group and individual interventions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments to inform care plans.
• Deliver therapeutic interventions based on care plans.
• Provide support to other health professionals.

Skills

Communication skills

Ability to deliver group interventions

Compassionate approach

Ability to work with distressed service users

Education

Relevant nursing qualification or registration

Job description

The role involves working in a specialist adult community mental health pathway, providing evidence‑based interventions for an identified caseload of service users.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assessments in accordance with the clinical pathway, to establish the person's needs, goals, risks, and strengths, to inform and generate a formulation‑based care plan, agreed with all involved.
• Deliver evidence‑based therapeutic interventions on a 1:1 and group basis, in accordance with an agreed care plan.
• Assist with consultations, support and supervision to other health professionals working within the Community Mental Health Service and other areas of the Trust, where identified as appropriate.
• Perform any other duties as reasonably required to fulfil the role.

Qualifications

• A relevant nursing qualification or other registration – RMN / Occupational Therapist / Social Worker / Therapist.
• Post‑qualification experience, such as evidence of formal courses or training relevant to working with people with complex mental health needs, related to emotional instability.
• Ability to deliver group and individual interventions.
• Ability to work with service users expressing high levels of distress.
• A positive attitude and a caring and compassionate approach.
• Good communication skills.

Benefits

• Supporting your career development and progression.
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme.
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Options for flexible working.
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources.
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate.
• Salary sacrifice car – fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates.
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k.
• Free car parking at all trust sites.
• Free flu vaccinations every year.
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one‑off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met).
• And more.

Team MPFT is proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and offers a choice of staff networks to help you meet like‑minded people.

We may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.