Duty and Risk Mental Health Practitioner

Vita Health Group Limited; United Kingdom; À distance; GBP 42 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Vita Health Group Limited is recruiting a Duty and Risk Mental Health Practitioner to support our Talking Therapies service in a remote, regional capacity. You will provide expert clinical risk and safeguarding guidance to practitioners, liaise with clients, GPs and external agencies, and help ensure safe, high-quality care across services.

With significant clinical responsibility, you’ll develop expertise in risk assessment, safeguarding, and multidisciplinary mental health care.

Qualifications

• Hold current registration with a recognised healthcare regulatory body.
• Maintain ongoing professional development and safeguarding training (Level 3).
• Demonstrate understanding of risk management and mental health service pathways.

Responsabilités

• Provide clinical risk and safeguarding guidance across Talking Therapies services.
• Liaise with GPs, secondary care and external agencies to ensure coordinated care.
• Undertake client contact by telephone, supporting distressed individuals.
• Screen referrals and assess service suitability for timely access to care.
• Facilitate referrals into secondary mental health services when required.
• Support interface discussions between Talking Therapies and secondary care teams.

Connaissances

NHS experience

Risk assessment

Safeguarding

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Communication skills

Formation

Registered professional regulator

Description du poste

Duty and Risk Mental Health Practitioner

Job Reference vitahealth/TP/7389/4248

Number of Positions:

5

Contract Type:

Permanent

N/A

Working Hours:

Full-time although part-time may considered for the right candidate (minimum 22.5 hours)

Location:

Home Based / Remote

Closing Date:

12/11/2026

Job Category:

Clinical

Region / Division:

Home Based / Remote

Job Introduction

We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Duty, Risk and Mental Health Practitionerto join us in a new role in an established Talking Therapies service.

Working as part of a regional team, you will play a key role in supporting several Talking Therapies services, providing expert clinical risk and safeguarding guidance to practitioners, liaising with clients and stakeholders, and ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality care.

This is a fast-paced and rewarding position with significant clinical responsibility, offering the opportunity to further develop your expertise in risk assessment, safeguarding, and multidisciplinary mental health care.

We especially welcome applications from clinicians looking for full-time hours. Previous applicants need not apply.

Experience Required:

• Working within NHS mental health services supporting individuals with a range of mental health conditions.
• Assessing and managing multiple and complex presentations of clinical risk.
• Working effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Assessing and managing a wide range of safeguarding concerns.
• Supporting individuals experiencing acute mental distress.
• Providing risk and safeguarding advice, consultation, and/or supervision to other healthcare professionals.
• Communicating confidently with clients, healthcare professionals, and external agencies.
• Working across primary and secondary mental health care pathways (desirable).

Qualifications & Registration Required:

• Hold current registration with a recognised professional healthcare regulatory body.
• Maintain ongoing professional development and training.
• Have safeguarding training equivalent to Level 3.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of risk management, safeguarding processes, and mental health service pathways.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work within the regional Duty Team supporting several Talking Therapies services.
• Provide clinical advice and support regarding risk and safeguarding to CBT Therapists, Counsellors, DIT and IPT Therapists, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs), and administrative staff.
• Ensure robust risk management and safeguarding processes are maintained across services.
• Undertake significant client contact via telephone, often supporting individuals who may be distressed.
• Screen referrals and assess service suitability, ensuring clients receive timely access to appropriate care.
• Facilitate referrals into secondary mental health services where required.
• Liaise with GPs, Secondary Care services, and other external agencies.
• Support interface discussions between Talking Therapies Services and Secondary Care Mental Health Services.

Role Information:

• Staff development is very important to Vita Health Group and you will have an annual study leave allowance, for your own development as a practitioner.
• The role will be remote but we encourage team building days on site at Vita Health Group bases in the region. You will need to have private working space to take confidential calls.

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About Us

As part of Spire Healthcare, we’re proud to build on a legacy of improving lives for over 30 years and continue to deliver primary care physical and mental health services accessed through the NHS, via employer-funded care and at our network of private clinics.

Working here

We are an award-winning employer regularly recognised at industry events and our latest employee survey revealed the top reasons for working here as:

• Supportive teams and managers
• A positive and inclusive culture
• Strong well-being and mental health support
• Trust, autonomy and flexibility

We invest in your growth with frequent career progression opportunities and development initiatives including mentoring, secondments, management training and regular clinical CPD webinars. You will enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working options and a comprehensive benefits package – further details here Careers - Vita Health Group

Equality Diversity & Inclusion

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We actively support a range of initiatives including:

• Positive action through Ethnicity and Gender Matters initiatives

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Additional information

All applicants must be legally entitled to work in the UK and subject to a DBS check at offer stage.

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We may close jobs to new applications earlier than original stated closing date.