Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Selby; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Selby seeks a Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner to join their Community Mental Health Team. The role involves assessing and providing care for older adults with mental health needs, as well as collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in a community setting and a commitment to personal development.

Qualifications

• 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent).
• Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and care coordination for older adults with mental health needs.
• Work collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
• Deliver clinical supervision within a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical supervision

Collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams

Risk assessment

Understanding of MCA and MHA

Education

Current professional registration

Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area

Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Job description

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 17 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner to join our Community Mental Health Team based at Worsley Court, Selby, to support older adults living with mental health needs. The service offers assessment and treatment within the community setting aims to promote both recovery and living well.

Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced practitioner to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. As a senior practitioner you will have a genuine interest in collaborative working with older adults experiencing functional and/or organic mental health problems including their carers and families.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who wants to develop their leadership and clinical skills in a community setting. As a core member of the team, you will also be responsible for your own caseload, providing assessments, care co-ordination and delivering intervention in the community with people who have complex needs ranging from mild to moderate level of need to severe and enduring level of need and complexity. You will demonstrate excellent assessment skills, interpersonal, and team working skills and be able to work collaboratively with a range of statutory and third sector agencies.

This in an exciting period of development within the team with the implementation of managing emotions group and carers support group alongside our already well-established CST. This will enable to post hold to bring their skills and experience into new an innovative service development opportunities.

About us

The team works across two sites, with the second located in York. The team are committed to providing excellent evidence-based quality care to older adults. There is an identified need to offer flexible support to our other community teams within our locality. It is imperative that the successful candidate has a flexible pro-active approach to their person-centred practice.

Job responsibilities

You will have an enthusiastic approach towards your own personal and professional development. In return, you will receive regular appraisal, clinical, management and caseload supervision and will benefit from the support of an experienced and committed multi-disciplinary leadership team, including the Team Manager and the Advanced Practitioner.

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current professional registration with an approved professional body
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education
• 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework
• Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
• For registered nurses: Non medical prescriber

Skills

• Through application evidence of an understanding of legal structures such as the MCA and MHA.
• Evidence of risk assessment
• Evidence of providing supervision and support to colleagues

Experience

• Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting
• Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
• Providing clinical supervision.
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Leadership or management experience

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust