Mental Health Practitioner

Bidvane; Chapel-en-le-Frith; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS pension

Health service discounts

Employee assistance programme (24/7)

Generous annual leave

Job summary

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a qualified mental health professional to deliver 24/7 crisis resolution and home treatment for adults 18–65. The role involves triage, rapid assessment and short-term home-based care in a multi-disciplinary team.

You will supervise support workers, collaborate with housing and primary care partners, and contribute to evidence-based practice while upholding Trust values in daily care delivery.

Qualifications

• Registration with the relevant professional body (NMC/HCPC/SWE) and current registration
• Experience of working in mental health services and crisis care
• Ability to supervise support workers and work in a multidisciplinary team

Responsibilities

• Provide 24/7 crisis and resolution home treatment for adults 18–65 in mental health crisis.
• Lead expert-led triage and facilitate prompt assessment and appropriate home treatment
• Deliver flexible, short-term, solution-focused interventions to protect safety and wellbeing
• Act as gatekeeper to hospital admission and support early discharge when safe
• Develop and maintain safe, responsive care pathways across a 24-hour period
• Supervise support workers and contribute to staff development and training
• Collaborate with housing, primary care and statutory/voluntary agencies
• Embed Trust values in clinical practice and patient pathways

Skills

Registration with NMC/HCPC/SWE

Mental health experience

Clinical assessment

Supervision of staff

Job description

This post sits within the 24/7 crisis resolution and home treatment service at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, alongside the Living Well community team. The work centres on triage, assessment and short-term home treatment for adults aged 18 to 65 in mental health crisis, acting as a gatekeeper to admission. It is a development role split weekly between the two bases, working in a multidisciplinary team and supervising support workers. Registration as a nurse, occupational therapist or social worker is needed.

What the job involves

• Provide 24/7 crisis and resolution home treatment for adults aged 18 to 65 who need clinical consultation for a mental health crisis
• Deliver expert-led triage from collaborative referrals, with a prompt response leading to assessment and home treatment where clinically necessary
• Provide flexible, responsive assessment, care and management for people with ongoing or early signs of relapse or new acute mental health problems
• Deliver short-term, solution-focused interventions that protect the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of service users and carers
• Act as gatekeeper to hospital admission and facilitate early discharge
• Establish operational and clinical mechanisms that support safe, responsive, high-quality care across the 24-hour period
• Work with service users in the Living Well short-term and long-term model, supporting senior clinicians in the Managing Emotions and Trauma Stabilisation pathways
• Sustain consistent therapeutic relationships that help service users build social networks and social inclusion
• Work in partnership with housing associations, mental health teams, primary care, and statutory, voluntary and independent agencies
• Supervise support workers relevant to your profession and area of knowledge
• Consolidate pre-registration education and develop enhanced knowledge and skills within the patient pathway, contributing to evidence-based practice
• Embed Trust values in care delivery

What’s required

Registration & licences

• Registration with the relevant professional body: NMC, HCPC or Social Work England, as nurse, occupational therapist or social worker

Experience

• Experience of working within mental health

Other

• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

Nice to have

• Experience and skills in acute mental health care or assessment services
• Evidence of specialist training within mental health services

What’s offered

• Commitment to flexible working where possible
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme, 24/7