Home Treatment Practitioner | Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust

Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Doncaster is seeking a passionate Band 5 Home Treatment Practitioner to join their intensive Home Treatment Team. This role involves providing support to individuals with acute mental health needs within the community. Candidates must be registered mental health nurses with experience in care planning and assessment. The position offers a stimulating work environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Career development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Registered mental health nurse with experience in acute mental health care.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong skills in mental health assessment and care planning.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-focused clinical services 7 days a week.
• Triage mental health referrals to determine service response.
• Deliver skilled nursing care including biopsychosocial assessments.

Job description

Overview

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!

Responsibilities

• 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 RDaSH

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.

Additional information

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

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

This advert closes on Sunday 12 Oct 2025