Mental Health Practitioner

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Band 6 Mental Health professional at HMP Peterborough. The post supports the seven-day mental health service within the prison, delivering assessments, care planning, and evidence-based interventions.

The role requires MH registration or equivalent, CPD activity, and experience in multi-disciplinary settings. It includes a focus on trauma-informed care and risk management, with a proactive, patient-centered approach.

Qualifications

• Registered professional with MH nursing or social work/OT qualifications.
• Evidence of post-registration CPD activity.
• Experience in secure settings or prisons is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the Team Manager in developing operational and clinical service mechanisms.
• Provide structured mental health assessments, risk assessments, and care planning.
• Coordinate care for CPA cases and ensure reviews follow policy.
• Deliver individual and group therapeutic interventions as appropriate.
• Prioritise caseload and participate in MDT work to meet service needs.
• Liaise with other professionals to deliver high-quality care within the locality.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Risk assessment

Care planning

Teaching skills

CBT/DBT training

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Formulation skills

Education

Registered Nurse (Mental Health) or Social Worker or Occupational Therapist

Tools

Job description

Main area Secured Services Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00 we will be looking at a seven day service once the team is fully staffed) Job ref 270-TH364-HMPPET

Site HMP Peterborough Town Peterborough Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 29/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

The Mental Health Team is part of the integrated Healthcare provision at HMP Peterborough. The team consists of Senior Mental Health Nurse’s,
occupational Therapist, Perinatal Specialists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, and support worker. The Mental Health Team covers a seven-day service, the
post holder will work as a core member of the team delivering and providing a comprehensive safe, effective mental health service that
encompasses primary and secondary mental health provision within the prison, ensuring a Trauma Informed co-produced recovery focussed
service.
The post holder will utilise a variety of practical and theoretical knowledge with the team to deliver both individual and group workings with service users open to the Mental Health Team, following the stepped care model.

Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the Team Manager in their development of operational and clinical service mechanisms.

Act as an exemplar professional role model in embracing core values of dignity, respect, care, and compassion. Be aware of and keep updated on wider agreed service models.

The post holder will work to establish effective multi-disciplinary working the post holder will undertake mental health assessments and risk assessments, and care planning, and implementation and review of service to people referred to the team both individually and with colleagues from other disciplines

To care coordinate those on CPA ensuring that reviews are held in line with policy and guidelines.

To provide structured therapeutic interventions with potentially complex clients in one-to-one session or group settings as appropriate.

To manage a caseload and to prioritise effectively.

To participate in multi-disciplinary team working to ensure service user’s needs are met.

To use effective judgement and interventions in emergency clinical situations.

To liaise with other professionals and agencies in the planning and delivery of care for service users ensuring that a quality service is provided within the locality.

To develop and maintain productive working relationships with your team, managers, and other colleagues.

To take personal responsibility to keep your knowledge up to date and to reflect on and evaluate your own values in the wider prison establishment.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Security Vetting

• The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards

Professional Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Mental Health) or Social Worker , Occupational therapist
• Evidence of post -registration continuing professional development activity
• NMP registrant

Experience

• Evidence of working in a Multi disciplinary team
• Have a understanding of mental health assessments, risk assessment and care planning
• Have awareness of evidence based practice
• Able to prioritise care management
• Knowledge of trauma informed care
• Understanding of the criminal justice pathway
• Worked or had experienced in secured setting

Skills

• Evidence of clinical assessment and formulation skills
• Teaching and presentation skills
• Postgraduate training for example CBT/DBT

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary.

Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.

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.

Name Gian Sammarco Job title Service Manager, Mental Health HMP Peterborough Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01733217500