Senior Mental Health Practitioner – Home Treatment Team

NHS; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Band 6 clinician based at Hawthorns, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, to provide clinical input into the Home Treatment Team in Bexley. The role involves senior clinical decision-making and leadership within a multidisciplinary team providing care in the community to prevent admission and support early discharge.

The post requires clinical autonomy, advanced risk formulation, and robust decision-making under pressure, with a commitment to

Qualifications

• Leads and coordinates teams during challenging situations with risk management.
• Conducts comprehensive mental health assessments and risk assessments.
• Supports junior staff through supervision and mentorship.
• Maintains clinical documentation and applies safeguarding and legal frameworks.

Responsibilities

• An experienced mental health practitioner who provides clinical leadership, supports and mentors junior staff, and ensures safe, high-quality, recovery-focused care.
• Leads and coordinates teams during challenging situations, using effective risk management, de-escalation techniques, and post-incident debriefing to promote safety and learning.
• Clinically skilled in conducting comprehensive mental health assessments, MSE, risk assessments, and developing robust risk management and care plans.
• Committed to developing others through supervision, teaching, mentorship, and constructive feedback while promoting evidence-based practice, professional accountability, and continuous service improvement.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Mental health assessment

Risk management

Communication

Team mentorship

Job description

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Band 6 clinician based at Hawthorns, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, to provide clinical input into the Home Treatment Team in Bexley. The role involves senior clinical decision-making and leadership within a multidisciplinary team providing care in the community to prevent admission and support early discharge.

The post requires clinical autonomy, advanced risk formulation, and robust decision-making under pressure, with a commitment to