Community Mental Health Practitioner - IMHT Cannock

Transformation Unit; Cannock; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Cannock is seeking a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner (Nurse/OT/Social Worker) to join the Integrated Mental Health Team. The role involves leading on care and treatment journeys and providing nursing leadership within the MDT.

You will manage a complex caseload, participate in quality improvement, administer medications, and ensure robust risk assessments.

Qualifications

• Registered RMN, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with UK registration.
• Active on NMC/HCPC Register.
• Post-registration experience in mental health in community setting.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the management of a complex caseload with care planning and evaluation.
• Participate in setting quality standards, auditing and reviewing practice per guidance.
• Administer medication in line with Trust procedures and NMC guidance.
• Assess patient needs, develop, implement and evaluate care programmes.
• Deliver interventions per plan, including pharmacological and psychological approaches.
• Contribute to risk assessments and promote safe risk-taking to improve outcomes.

Education

RMN

Social Work

Occupational Therapy

Job description

Main area Mental Health Community Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Team hours are Mon-Fri 9-5) Job ref 301-RJ-26-8332652

Employer Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Park House Town Cannock Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/11/2026 23:59

Community Mental Health Practitioner - IMHT Cannock

Band 6

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner (Nurse/OT/Social Worker) to join our dynamic and friendly Integrated Mental health Team based in Cannock.

The team in Cannock is multidisciplinary and provides high-quality care for service users that experience mental health conditions. The team is part of the wider Integrated Mental Health Team covering Cannock, Rugeley and Great Haywood and links together for CPD events, supervision and partnership working.

We are seeking an experienced Mental Health Nurse/OT/Social Worker who has a keen interest in working with this client group to provide a holistic overview and lead on the care and treatment of the person’s journey through to recovery. The successful candidate will provide nursing leadership with the MDT, support junior colleagues in their development and facilitate student nurses in their training.

Main duties of the job

• Take responsibility for the management of a complex caseload, which includes, specialist assessment (within service specification), care planning in conjunction with service user and carer and evaluation of individual treatment plans.
• Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring, and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
• Administer medication, complying with relevant Trust procedures and NMC Guidance.
• Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes of care.
• Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care and Pathway guidance including; pharmacological and psychologically informed interventions.
• Complete and contribute, where appropriate to robust risk assessments and risk management plans. Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence.

Working for our organisation

Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are ‘United in our Uniqueness’ and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Integrated Mental Health Team is an innovative secondary care community team that is guided by collective leadership, providing evidence-based psychological and medical interventions to patients with a wide range of complex mental health needs. The IMHT supports service users with a wide range of mental health needs from anxiety and depression to severe and enduring mental illness.

The successful candidate can expect the following:

• Support with settling into the team and developing into the role.
• Right from the start of joining the team, a clear and ongoing conversation about your skills and personal career progression, which is managed through the Trust’s appraisal process.
• A commitment to supporting you to remain up to date with your practice and develop skills through formal and informal training.
• Regular, high quality clinical and managerial supervision.
• Warm, friendly and supportive colleagues.
• Collective leads who are committed to the psychological and physical wellbeing of staff in the pathway.
• A continual commitment to embrace lean methodology to improve the quality of the services provided for patients/their carers and the experience of staff working within the pathway.
• You will belong to a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team which includes nursing colleagues, allied health professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, support workers and peer support workers.
• Our last CQC inspection achieved Good throughout the trust making us a great trust to work for.

The usual hours of work are Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm. You will also be required to have access to suitable transport as this role will require you to travel over a large geographical area.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following in RMN, Social Work, Occupational Therapy
• Active on NMC/HCPC Register
• Psychological interventions qualification (CBT, EMDR, CAT, DBT, Family Therapy)
• Registered practice assessor for students

Experience

• Evidence of extensive post registration experience of working with adults experiencing mental health related difficulties
• Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs
• Experience of assessing, planning, coordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting
• Experience of working in community setting and making decisions autonomously

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.