Senior Mental Health Practitioner (EIS) | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Chorley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Early Intervention Specialist to join a well-established multidisciplinary team providing specialist care to people aged 14 to 65 at risk of or experiencing first episode psychosis. The post focuses on psycho-social and family interventions within a hub-and-spoke model.

Applicants should hold RMN, OT, or Diploma in Social Work qualifications. You will lead care planning, coordinate services, and promote teamwork and compassionate

Qualifications

• Registered MH professionals with eligible qualifications.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary care.
• Ability to deliver psycho-social and family interventions.

Responsibilities

• Lead autonomous clinical practice within the multidisciplinary team.
• Coordinate assessment, planning and delivery of care for service users.
• Deliver psycho-social and family interventions within core competencies.

Skills

Autonomous clinician

Team leadership

Psycho-social interventions

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Occupational Therapist

Diploma in Social Work

Job description

Senior Mental Health Practitioner (EIS) | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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.

• 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.

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.

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For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Monday 16 Nov 2026

£39,959 - £48,117 per annum (subject to confirmation)