Senior Mental Health Practitioner (Eis)

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

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Early Intervention Specialist to join a well-established multidisciplinary team. You will coordinate and deliver high-quality care to individuals aged 14–65 at risk of or experiencing first episode psychosis, within a hub-and-spoke model.

The role requires professional registration and a formal qualification, with responsibilities including assessment, planning and leadership in a challenging care pathway, in line with

Qualifications

• First Level Professional Qualification (RMN/SW/OT).
• Degree level 6 or above relative to practice.

Responsibilities

• You will be an Early Intervention Specialist working within a multidisciplinary team, coordinating and delivering high quality effective care to service users, with highly complex needs, often associated with high risk behaviours and their family/carers.
• You will actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and your professional bodies Code of Conduct.
• You will provide leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care for service users.

Education

First Level Professional Qualification (RMN/SW/OT)

Degree level 6 or above relative to practice

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and committed individual to join a well-established and supportive multi-disciplinary team.

The Lancashire and South Cumbria Early Intervention Service (EIS) specialises in working with individuals aged 14 to 65 at risk of, or currently experiencing, first episode psychosis. Our team provides a range of specialist interventions including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Family Interventions within a hub and spoke model of care. There are four multi-disciplinary early intervention service teams covering the Lancashire and South Cumbria footprint.

The Lancashire Early and South Cumbria Intervention Service is based within the Children and Families Network of Lancashire and South Cumbria Care NHS Foundation Trust. We enjoy close working links with a range of community and inpatient services for children and adults.

Applications are welcome from individuals who hold the following qualifications: Registered Mental Health Nurse / Occupational Therapist / Diploma in Social Work.

Main duties of the job

• You will be an Early Intervention Specialist working within a multidisciplinary team, coordinating and delivering high quality effective care to service users, with highly complex needs, often associated with high risk behaviours and their family/carers. As an autonomous clinician you will be expected to deliver specialist interventions within the core competencies of the role, such as Psycho-social and Family intervention.
• You will actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and your professional bodies Code of Conduct.
• You will provide leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care for service users.

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

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 351-BAY1085-SRP-A

Closing date: 16 November 2026

Person Specification

Qualifications (Essential)

• First Level Professional Qualification (RMN/SW/OT).
• Evidence of accredited learning at Degree level 6 or above that is relative to practice.

Knowledge (Essential)

• Can demonstrate an in depth knowledge of mental health conditions, specifically psychosis and their recommended treatments.
• Can demonstrate specialist knowledge within their professional area of patient/ client care.
• Thorough knowledge of acute and community mental health care for the psychosis pathway.
• Knowledge of policy drivers for EIS.

Experience (Essential)

• Post Graduate experience.
• Experience of assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs. Experience of working with carers, families of service users.
• Experience of using and understanding structured psychometric assessments and interpretation of these.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact

Recruiting Manager: Karen Henty, [e-mail]

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