Mental Health Practitioner Post

NHS; Telford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as a Mental Health Practitioner in Telford, where you'll provide critical mental health assessments and therapeutic interventions. This role offers a 12-month fixed term contract or secondment opportunity, contributing to the Urgent Care Pathway while supporting patients experiencing mental health difficulties. Enjoy generous benefits, including flexible working options, career development support, and more, within a diverse and inclusive team.

Benefits

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 33 days annual leave

Health and Wellbeing support

Paid travel time for community teams

Salary sacrifice car and bike schemes

Free car parking at all trust sites

Free flu vaccinations every year

Citizens Advice support linked with Hardship Fund

Qualifications

• Must be a registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist.
• Experience working in community settings is required.
• Ability to make decisions autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment and care planning with service users.
• Evaluate treatment plans and coordinate home treatment.
• Triage and assess referrals, collaborating with multi-disciplinary colleagues.

Skills

Assessing and care planning

Therapeutic interventions

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Autonomous decision-making

Experience in community settings

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Registered Social Worker

Registered Occupational Therapist

Job description

Go back Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Practitioner Post

The closing date is 29 June 2025

12 month fixed term contract for external applicants or 12 month secondment opportunity for internal applicants.

Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist?

Our Crisis Resolution Home Team is looking to recruit a Mental Health Practitioner

The team is based at Hall Court in Telford and provides mental health assessment, treatment and support to people in Telford & Wrekin. As an integral team in the Urgent Care Pathway we work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on a varying rostered shift pattern. We work with people who are experiencing a mental health crisis, require extra support alongside their regular support network or who can have the same treatment provided at home that they would receive in a Mental Health Hospital.

We are a team that consists of Band 5 and 6 Nurses, Band 3 Support Workers, Non-Medical Prescribers, Medical Staff, Occupational Therapists Social Workers, Administrators and Business Support Staff. As we work with people with all types of mental health presentations, we need to have a range of skills and interests that create a strong and responsive team.

In the role you will deliver a high-quality clinical service to patients and their families.

You will deliver therapeutic interventions, in accordance with an agreed care plan, to an identified group of people experiencing mental health related difficulties.

Main duties of the job

Working in a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with internal and external agencies, you will;

• Provide specialist assessment and care planning in conjunction with service users and carers
• Evaluate treatment plans and undertake home treatment
• Triage and assess referrals received by the service in liaison with multi-disciplinary colleagues
• Co-ordinate the work of the Team

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

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

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for further details.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Registered Social Worker/ Registered Occupational Therapist.

Experience

• Experience of working in community setting and making decisions autonomously

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