Mental Health Practitioner - Crisis Care /136 Suite Urgent Care

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Stafford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS Trust in Stafford is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner for their Crisis Care team. This role involves conducting assessments and delivering therapeutic interventions for individuals in mental health crises. The practitioner will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive care while ensuring adherence to guidelines. A registered mental health professional with relevant experience is essential. The position requires flexibility to meet the needs of service users across various locations.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Ongoing training and support

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Registered mental health Nurse or Allied Health Professional on NMC or HCPC Register.
• Evidence of extensive post registration experience with adults experiencing mental health difficulties.
• Experience of integrating care delivery across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct clinical assessments to establish needs and goals.
• Deliver therapeutic interventions per agreed care plans.
• Provide indirect care to families and organizations.

Skills

Knowledge of NMC/HCPC Code of Conduct relevant to profession

Knowledge of the Mental Health NICE Guidelines

Specialist assessments and interventions (e.g. ALLENS, Sensory Assessment)

Education

Registered mental health Nurse or Allied Health Professional

Post-registration experience with formal training

Job description

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Practitioner - Crisis Care /136 Suite Urgent Care

The closing date is 30 December 2025

We are delighted to offer an exciting and highly rewarding opportunity to join our new Crisis Care/136 Suite located within Walton House on St Georges Hospital site in Stafford and working across our other Urgent and Emergency Care Mental Health Services, supporting the assessment and delivery of meaningful interventions to service users accessing our Urgent Care Mental Health Services in the Staffordshire Locality.

As a Registered Mental Health professional, you will be part of a team providing specialist adult mental health support. You will play a crucial and pivotal role in assessing Mental Health needs of individuals who are referred to the service that are experiencing a Mental Health Crisis and require an urgent assessment of their needs. The role will be pivotal in supporting the delivery of safe and effective treatment and interventions for those individuals in line with a needs‑led plan of care.

You will be responsible for supporting a culture of "wrapping the service around the person" and will need to work flexibly to ensure that pathways work together as a whole service, to meet the person's needs.

As an integral member of the Crisis Care/136 Suite team you will be expected to work flexibly to cover across our Urgent care services that operate 24/7 that may on occasions fall outside the core working hours of 8‑6 7 days a week. Due to the nature of this role you will require the ability to adequately travel across a large geographical area when required.

Main duties of the job

As this role is a rotational post you will be expected to deliver a wide range of skills and utilise your extensive knowledge within all aspects of the 3 services to deliver effective and efficient care.

You will be responsible for undertaking clinical assessments, in accordance with the clinical pathway, to establish the person's needs, goals, risks and strengths to generate a formulation‑based care plan agreed with all involved.

As part of this role, you will be expected to:

• Be responsible for delivering therapeutic interventions, in accordance with an agreed care plan, to an identified group of people experiencing mental health related difficulties.
• Provide indirect care through the roles of educator and advice giver to relatives, carers and other organisations where appropriate.
• Participate in the delivery of the agreed aims and objectives of the service and identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved.
• Provide care in line with NICE Guidance, COT Recovering Ordinary Lives Mental Health Strategy and COT Care Cluster guidance including other relevant local and national documentation.
• Supply, administer and monitor medications, complying with relevant Trust Procedures (for example Patient Group Directions and Non‑Medical Prescribing) and NMC Guidance.
• Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care and Pathway guidance including pharmacological and psychologically informed interventions.

About us

Come and work with us at our award‑winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke‑on‑Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non‑clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Job responsibilities

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached for full details regarding Job description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered mental health Nurse or Allied Health Professional on NMC or HCPC Register.
• Post‑registration experience, evidence of formal courses and training at diploma/degree level.

Experience

• Evidence of extensive post registration experience with working with adults experiencing mental health related difficulties.
• Experience of integrating care delivery across multi‑disciplinary / multi‑agency teams.
• Experience of leading/contributing to CPA/SAP process.

Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge of NMC/HCPC Code of Conduct relevant to profession.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health NICE Guidelines.
• Range of specialist assessments and interventions to support occupational performance (e.g. ALLENS, Sensory Assessment/Sensory Integration, VdT MOCA).

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.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust