Community Mental Health Practitioner | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A health and social care organization in Cambridge is seeking registered Mental Health Practitioners (Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists) for full-time permanent positions. This role emphasizes compassionate and trauma-informed care, aiming to support individuals with mental health conditions. Applicants must hold valid UK qualifications and driving licenses as travel is essential to meet service needs. The organization offers an opportunity to work within an experienced multidisciplinary team, focusing on delivering high-quality care and treatment to service users.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist with relevant qualifications.
• Ability to work independently and travel as required.
• Experience in mental health settings is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess and plan evidence-based care for service users.
• Monitor quality standards in line with clinical guidance.
• Ensure adherence to the Mental Health Act 2007.
• Promote service user involvement and recovery.

Skills

Mental Health Practitioning

Compassion and Care

Team Collaboration

Risk Assessment

Education

Registered Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist certification

Job description

This is a developmental post and will provide the opportunity for successful candidates to progress to Band 6, upon completion of agreed competencies.

Forensic Psychiatry Team- We are looking to recruit registered Mental Health Practitioners (Nurses, Social workers, Occupational Therapists) on a full-time permanent basis.

CPFT are one of six providers of specialist mental health and learning disability care in the East of England, working collaboratively to ensure there is a seamless pathway of care, that is closer to home for the communities that we serve.

This enhanced specialist service consists of a multi-disciplinary team, based in Cambridge and Peterborough, which cover the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough population. The service works with adults diagnosed with a mental health condition and/or learning disability who present with a risk of significant harm to others, to achieve optimal management of risk and minimize re‑offending.

Working closely with the individual, we produce a tailored care package together that is focused around their personal needs. The service adopts a compassionate and trauma informed approach to promote relapse prevention and recovery, so enabling individuals to realise their full potential whilst supporting them to continue to build and live meaningful lives in the community.

The service aims to:

• Ensure the shortest inpatient to community journey.
• Provide a robust discharge by means of a collaborative wrap around service.
• Deliver a seamless pathway of care that is centred around the individuals needs.
• You will be joining an experienced multidisciplinary team of professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, support workers and administrators who all share a passion and drive for delivering high quality care and treatment to service users with forensic histories.
• The post will also involve working closely with a low secure unit to ensure a smooth pathway of care from inpatient to community.
• The service will run 7 days a week, excluding bank holidays, and will include shift work on a rotational basis.

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.

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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.

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

Responsibilities

1. To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion for a named service user ensuring it meets Trust timescales.
2. To participate in the setting of quality standards, including the monitoring and reviewing in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
3. To ensure the post holder understands and meets their professional role and responsibilities under the Care Programme Approach.
4. To ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 2007 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
5. To promote carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.
6. To encourage recovery, discovery and independence, taking into account risk assessment and management.
7. To establish therapeutic relationships with service users and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with relevant professional code of conduct.
8. To demonstrate care and compassion in your work.
9. To respect and value the different therapeutic approaches within the multi-disciplinary team but ensure that the agreed philosophy approach is adopted and followed.
10. To be responsible for maintaining and conducting oneself in a professional manner towards service users, carers, colleagues and other agencies at all times.

This advert closes on Monday 5 Jan 2026