Senior MH Practitioner - Nurse - Melksham

NHS; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to improve mental health services for children. This role involves assessing young people in crisis and collaborating with various agencies. You will join a supportive team and receive comprehensive training opportunities. Registration in the UK and relevant qualifications are essential. This role offers a salary range from £38,682 to £46,580, with benefits including annual leave and NHS discounts.

Benefits

Career progression opportunities

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS discounts across various shops and retailers

Competitive pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Registered to practice in the UK.
• Knowledge of DBT and CBT is desirable.
• Significant post-qualifying mental health experience.

Responsibilities

• Carry out initial assessments for young people in crisis.
• Deliver time-limited interventions aimed at early support and prevention.
• Collaborate with various agencies to ensure holistic care.

Skills

Effective communication

Good teamwork

Organizational skills

Education

RMN/Social Worker/OT or relevant qualification

Job description

Job Summary

With a national drive to improve mental health and wellbeing services for children and young people, there's never been a more important time to join Oxford Health CAMHS.

We're seeking suitably qualified Mental Health Nurses, Learning Disability Nurses, Occupational Therapists or Social Workers to join our Crisis and Home Treatment Service (CAHTS). This BSW-wide service offers an opportunity to make a meaningful difference.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, you'll carry out initial assessments and deliver time-limited interventions for young people in crisis. Your work will focus on early support and prevention, aiming to reduce the need for longer-term mental health care.

The CAHTS team provides a high-quality, responsive service for children, young people and families facing emotional and mental health difficulties. You'll also be involved in our ongoing service development, based on the i-Thrive model, ensuring support is timely, appropriate, and delivered by skilled professionals.

Liaison and collaboration are key - you'll work closely with CAMHS colleagues, Children's Services, Social Care, Education, and other agencies to ensure holistic and effective care.

Join us and help shape the future of children's mental health in our community.

Main Duties of the Job

We will offer you a variety of training including Positive Behaviour Support, AMBIT, DBT coping skills, and Family Based Therapy for Eating Disorders. There will also be the opportunity for further training based on individual learning needs.

You will offer emotional support to adolescents and/or their parents who are in mental health crisis or are being supported to leave psychiatric inpatient care.

The CAHTS operates Monday to Fridays, and on a rota basis on Saturdays and Sundays and BH, covering the hours of 10am -6pm. The service development plan is to work a flexible week covering shift across the hours of 8am - 8pm Monday - Friday. There is also an expectation that you will support the out of hours core team rota.

About Us

This is an opportunity to join a very supportive team. Clinical supervision and professional development are priorities for the service and preceptorship is supported.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

Benefits

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Details

Date posted: 03 November 2025

Pay Scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum | pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working Pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours

Job Locations

Melksham Community CAMHS

Melksham Hospital

Melksham

SN12 7NZ

Job Responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person Specification

Qualification

• RMN/Social Worker/OT/other relevant professional qualification
• Registered to practice in the UK

Desirable

• Knowledge of DBT and CBT
• Non-medical prescriber qualification

Experience

• Significant post qualifying mental health experience
• Caseload management/complex conditions & cases
• Experience of care coordination/lead professional
• Evidence based, reflective practice & clinical reasoning skills in assessment & treatment
• Formulating policies/ procedures

Desirable (Experience)

• Experience of working with children and/or young people with mental health difficulties
• Experience of being a Care co-ordinator or managing a case load
• Organising and participating in project work

Professional & Personal Skills

• Effective communicator with patients, carers & staff
• Good team work skills
• Organisational skills for own & others workload

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer Details

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Melksham Community CAMHS

Melksham Hospital

Melksham

SN12 7NZ

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)