Mental Health Practitioner

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Chapel-en-le-Frith; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave: 27 days + Bank Holidays

Progression to 29/33 days with service

Training and development

Employee assistance programme 24/7

Staff networks (LGBT+, BAME, Christian

Job summary

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Chapel-en-le-Frith is seeking a Band 5 Registered Practitioner to join a 24/7 crisis and home treatment service for adults 18–65. You will work within CRHTT and with the Community Mental Health Team to provide timely assessment, care and support in a busy NHS environment.

The post focuses on safe, high-quality care, professional supervision, and collaboration with a range of professionals. The role supports flexible working within an NHS setting.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within mental health settings.
• Ability to meet travel requirements of the post.
• Experience and skills in acute mental care or assessment services.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to 24/7 Crisis Resolution, Home Treatment Team and Community Mental Health Team activities.
• Provide clinical assessment and safe, responsive care for adults (18–65) in crisis.
• Promote evidence-based practice and work across multi-disciplinary teams to support patients and carers.

Skills

Mental health experience

Travel requirements

Acute mental health care

Education

Registration with NMC/HCPC/SoW

Specialist training in mental health

Job description

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Main area Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shifts) Job ref 383-ACC-7855-26

Site Cromwell House and Buxton Cottage Hospital Town Chapel-en-le-Frith Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 12/11/2026 23:59

Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.

We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.

We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.

Job overview

• A registered or recently qualified MH Nurse/Social Worker or OT, that holds the relevant professional registration?
• A keen, compassionate, dynamic mental health practitioner with knowledge of working within mental health settings?
• Passionate about crisis work and ensuring safe and effective interventions are delivered to service users, their families and other professionals?
• A good communicator who strives to ensure patients receive the highest standard of care?
• A visible role model that echoes the values of the Trust and the vision of our services - to make a positive difference in people’s lives by improving health and wellbeing?

Would you like to work in Derbyshire?

We Very Much Look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

You will be a member of a collaborative, well-established, progressively developing service within Derbyshire, providing a 24/7 crisis and resolution home treatment for all adults, aged between 18 and 65, who require a clinical consultation for a mental health crisis.

The team consists of a variety of workers from multi-disciplinary backgrounds including nurses, medics, occupational therapists, social workers, research assistant, pharmacy and psychology who work alongside each other to ensure excellent care is given to all who come into contact with the service.

You will promote a dynamic and innovative way of working, providing an expert led triage function based on a collaborative referral process inclusive of a prompt and timely response which leads onto assessment and home treatment functions as and when clinically necessary and/or discussion around most appropriate needs for a person.

Working for our organisation

DHcFT is an NHS Trust that strives for innovation and improvement for the service and individuals that work within it.

Our Vision is to make a positive difference in people’s lives by improving health and wellbeing.

Our objectives are to provide great care, be a great place to work and best use of money.

Our values of People first, Respect, Honesty and Do your best are why our workforce chose to work for the NHS & DHcFT.

Here are just some of the benefits of working for DHCFT:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a Band 5 Registered Practitioner, the post holder will be consolidating pre-registration education and developing enhanced knowledge and skills within the patient pathway, and contributing to evidence-based professional practice.

The post holder will be responsible for establishing operational and clinical service mechanisms that support safe, responsive and high quality care throughout the twenty-four hour period.

The post holder will present a positive, professional image to service users, carers and the community as a whole.

You will have responsibility of supervision for support workers relevant to your profession and sphere of knowledge.

As a member of the Crisis Resolution, Home Treatment Team, and the Community Mental Health Team (Living Well), you will be expected to adopt the philosophy of each service and provide flexible, responsive, proactive and interactive assessment, care and management to individuals experiencing ongoing and early signs of relapse or new acute phase mental health problems.

Within the CRHTT model, All interventions will be short term; solution- focused and build on maintaining the safety, well being and empowerment of the service user and their Carers / family during this period.

The team will provide a proven research based alternative to hospital admission, and where admission is required will act as gatekeeper to the admission and will facilitate early discharge.

The adult community mental health Living well service model will see you working with service users in both our Short term and Long term model, including engaging and supporting senior clinicians in our Managing emotions pathway and Trauma stabilisation pathway.

The post holder will be able to sustain a respectful, consistent and reliable therapeutic relationship with service users that enhance their ability to build social networks and work in partnership with Housing Association, Mental Health Teams, Support Networks, Primary Health Care Teams and other Statutory, Voluntary and Independent agencies, ensuring social inclusion for service users.

It is essential that you, as the post holder, will embed Trust values in care delivery services, as this is necessary to achieve our ambition as being one of the top five providers of health care within the country.

Our Trust vision is aspirational, yet realistic, and is based on a thorough understanding, of our strengths and weaknesses.

“We put our patients at the centre of everything we do”

”We focus on our people”

Please note that this post will see you working within two teams including the crisis resolution & home treatment team and our Community Mental health team (Living well service). This is a development role and will see you split across the two bases each week.

Person specification

Experience and Skills

• Experience of working within mental health
• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post
• Experience and skills in acute mental care or assessment services

Qualifications and Training

• Registration with the relevant professional body, eg NMC, HCPC, Social Work England - Nurse, OT or Social Worker
• Evidence of specialist training within mental health services

Additional Information

Flexible Working

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for our service and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

Disability Confident Employer

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you in the recruitment process please let us know.

If you require any support in completing the application form please do not hesitate to contact the Recruitment Team, 01332 564856, option 1, option 1 or email [e-mail] and we will be happy to provide assistance.

DBS Checks

The cost of undertaking a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) disclosure will be met by the individual. The Trust will meet the initial costs of the disclosure which will be deducted from your first month’s salary.

This job may close early if a large number of applications are received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid missing your chance to apply.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety.

Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements.

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.

Application numbers

Please be aware this vacancy will close when it has hit a certain number of applications, even if this is before the listed closing date. We recommend you complete and submit your application as soon as you are able.