Mental Health Practitioner

Lancashire & South Cumbria Nhs Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a senior mental health practitioner to join the Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team. The role focuses on rapid assessment, risk management and recovery‑oriented care in a community setting.

You will work within a 7‑day service, providing gatekeeping, crisis intervention and close collaboration with local services to strengthen urgent care pathways. Applicants with lived experience are welcome.

Qualifications

• Essential: Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (e.g. RMN/Dip SW/OT)
• Essential: In-depth knowledge of mental health problems
• Essential: In-depth knowledge of issues that impact upon people with mental health problems
• Essential: Detailed knowledge of the impact of risk and protective factors that affect people with mental health problems
• Essential: Experience of post qualification clinical work with service users experiencing a range of mental health problems
• Essential: Experience of delivering evidence based interventions in a time-limited framework
• Essential: Evidence of assessment across a broad range of mental health problems

Responsibilities

• Provide a fast, responsive service to assess individuals' needs for access into mental health services
• Undertake Mental Health Assessments including Risk Assessments, providing rapid and holistic assessment, care and sign posting of individuals presenting with other urgent risk issues
• Support with the role of reviews within crisis house and crisis lounge on a rostered basis
• Be proficient in referring to other clinicians within the service and/or referring to other services/agencies where necessary
• Provide a "gatekeeping" function as detailed in the Operating Procedure
• Provide managerial support to the team in the absence of the Team Manager
• Organise and deliver a rapid intensive intervention service to meet health and social needs during a serious mental health crisis
• Form close working relationships with and provide highly specialised advice and information on mental health issues to other services/agencies/organisations and carers
• Participate in local and National strategies to improve services
• Carry out clinical supervision and appraise and produce development plans with lower grade staff members

Education

Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (e.g. RMN/Dip SW/OT)

Job description

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior mental health practitioner to join the Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team. The Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team provides 7 day support to service users who are suffering from mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute in patient environment. There is a strong focus on a recovery model and effective risk management to provide high quality care in a community setting.

The Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team are always striving towards excellence in service delivery and ensuring that the Trust values are achieved. Currently the team is undergoing an exciting period of change that will see the working together to develop a model of care that ensures effective service delivery in partnership with local services and across the Urgent Care Pathway.

The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward thinking they will be passionate about working with service users with acute mental health concerns and providing a recovery focused approach. The successful applicant will have the ability to work as part of a Team and in partnership with local services.

Successful applicants will be provided with a full induction and appraisal to formulate a Personal Development Plan and to identify training and development needs.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a fast, responsive service to assess individuals needs for access into mental health services
• To undertake Mental Health Assessments including Risk Assessments, providing rapid and holistic assessment, care and sign posting of individuals presenting with other urgent risk issues.
• To support with the role of reviews within out crisis house and crisis lounge on a rostered basis
• To be proficient in referring to other clinicians within the service and/or referring to other services/agencies where necessary.
• To provide a "gatekeeping" function as detailed in the Operating Procedure.
• To provide managerial support to the team in the absence of the Team Manager
• To organise and deliver a rapid intensive intervention service in order to meet the health and social needs of people experiencing a serious mental health crisis
• To form close working relationships with and provide highly specialised advice and information on mental health issues to a variety of other services/agencies/organisations and carers both within and outside mental health services.
• To participate in and contribute to local and National strategies to improve services.
• To carry out clinical supervision and appraise and produce development plans with lower grade staff members.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Details

Closing date: 30 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Per Annum

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 9 months

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 351-FYL788-ZK

Job locations: The Gateway, Blackpool, FY1 6JX, United Kingdom

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential: Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (e.g. RMN/Dip SW/OT)

Knowledge

• Essential: In-depth knowledge of mental health problems
• Essential: In-depth knowledge of issues that impact upon people with mental health problems
• Essential: Detailed knowledge of the impact of risk and protective factors that affect people with mental health problems

Experience

• Essential: Experience of post qualification clinical work with service users experiencing a range of mental health problems
• Essential: Experience of delivering evidence based interventions in a time-limited framework
• Essential: Evidence of assessment across a broad range of mental health problems

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.

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Social Care Manager, Stacey Smith, [e-mail]