Home Treatment Practitioner

Rotherham Doncaster And South Humber Nhs Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT is seeking a Band 5 Home Treatment Practitioner to provide seven-day home-based crisis care in Doncaster. You will conduct full mental health assessments, care planning and delivery, and work to prevent hospital admission by delivering intensive community support.

The role requires working 37.5 hours with shift patterns including three long shifts to promote work-life balance. UK registration and eligibility for NHS roles are essential.

Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Mental Health Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Essential: Key skills in literacy, numeracy and IT Level 2 or equivalent.
• Desirable: CPD evidence, Risk assessment training, Suicide prevention training, Supervision training.

Responsibilities

• Provide a clinical service that is patient focussed, accessible and responsive seven days a week.
• Triage all mental health referrals to determine priority and appropriate clinical pathway.
• Deliver highly skilled nursing care including full mental health assessment, care planning/delivery, biopsychosocial interventions, and risk management.
• Refer to most appropriate team/service where indicated.
• Collaborate with crisis house to lead on admissions as a service.
• Facilitate early discharge from inpatient wards when clinically indicated.
• Deliver home-based treatment interventions for all patients, ensuring best practice.

Skills

Literacy

Numeracy

IT Skills (Level 2)

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse (NMC)

Job description

Job summary

Doncaster Home Treatment Team

Band 5 Home Treatment Practitioner

37.5 hours - 08:00 to 21:30 365 days a year

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 nurse to join Doncaster intensive Home Treatment Team. We provide short-term intensive support in the community to individuals with acute mental health needs to prevent hospital admission.

We provide a service between 08.00 and 21.30 7 days per week and staff are expected to work shift patterns to cover this. Most team members work 3 long shifts, which helps promote a good work life balance.

The team works in partnership with third sector and peer organisations to deliver person centred crisis care, therefore transparency and openness is vital.

Are you a passionate mental health nurse who wants to make a real difference to individuals and their families? Do you want to play an essential part in a person's recovery journey? If so, working with Home Treatment Team could be for you!

Main duties of the job

• To provide a clinical service that is patient focussed, accessible and responsive on a 7-day a week basis.
• To triage all mental health referrals into the Team to determine the priority for service response and the appropriate clinical pathway.
• To provide and deliver highly skilled nursing care, including full mental health assessment, care planning and care delivery, biopsychosocial interventions, clinical risk assessment and management, and promoting recovery and inclusion.
• To recommend and refer, where treatment is indicated, to the most appropriate team/service.
• To work collaboratively with the crisis house to lead on care for admissions as a service.
• To facilitate early discharge from the inpatient wards where clinically indicated.
• To deliver home based treatment interventions for all patients, ensuring best practice is implemented.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Details

Date posted 19 August 2026

Pay scheme Agenda for change

Band Band 5

Salary £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum

Contract Permanent

Working pattern Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number 376-DCGM-0337

Job locations Onyx Centre

Tickhill Road Site

Doncaster, DN4 8QN

DN4 8QN

United Kingdom

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse and current professional registration with the NMC or registered allied health professional.
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and IT Level 2 or equivalent.

Desirable

• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Risk Assessment and Management Training.
• Suicide Prevention Training.
• Supervision Training.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

Address Onyx Centre

Tickhill Road Site

Doncaster, DN4 8QN

DN4 8QN

United Kingdom

Employer's website https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Manager Sue Smith [e-mail] 03000211286

Supporting documents

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We are an equal opportunities employer.