Senior Practitioner

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

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Sheffield is seeking a Senior Practitioner for the Home Treatment Team. This role involves providing acute mental health support in the community, leading and supervising a diverse team, and ensuring compliance with health policies. Ideal candidates should be registered Mental Health Nurses with experience in community mental health and strong leadership skills. This position is full-time and offers a permanent contract, with salary dependent on experience.

Qualifications

• Awareness of current community mental health issues and policies.
• Experience of supervising staff in distressing situations.
• Experience in mental health work in a community/crisis setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and develop staff through supervision and appraisals.
• Ensure effective governance structures for care delivery.
• Advise on service functionality and maintain professional relationships.

Skills

Knowledge of risk assessment and risk management

Strong oral and written communication

Ability to provide clinical and managerial leadership

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Active registration as a Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Overview

Senior Practitioner sought to join the Home Treatment Team in Sheffield. The Sheffield Home Treatment Team provides crisis support in the community, operating 7 days a week (including Bank Holidays) and is geographically split into 4 sectors aligned with PCMHT and CMHT. The post holder will work closely with three other senior practitioners to provide leadership, clinical expertise and supervisory support, with cross-cover as required. The Home Treatment Team offers acute mental health intervention to adults (primarily 18+) in their own homes as an alternative to hospital admission, functioning as both step-down and step-up care with gatekeeping and least restrictive practice. The MDT includes Psychiatrists, ANPs, Nurses, Support Workers and other professionals.

Responsibilities and duties

Principal Duties

• Provide leadership with the Service Manager and Leadership for managing and developing staff from a range of professions through regular supervision and appraisals.
• Be a positive role model to promote a conducive working environment.
• Work with the Leadership Team to develop effective team working and evidence-based practice within the service.
• Ensure the service adheres to Care Pathways and service-wide systems and processes for health and social care delivery.
• Contribute to development of service policies and protocols in conjunction with other senior practitioners and managers.
• Ensure effective governance structures to support delivery of care; deputise for the Service Manager in their absence if required.

Other Duties

• Ensure continuity of service and maintenance of standards when deputising for the Service Manager.
• Maintain own professional competence and ensure compliance with SHSC policies (Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities, Confidentiality, GDPR).
• Adhere to professional codes of conduct.

Professional and Advisory Role

• Advise on the role and function of the service and provide clinical and professional advice to a broad range of professionals.
• Maintain relationships with professional leads and develop partnerships with primary care and community mental health services.
• Develop and maintain clinical standards in line with local and national policy.

Service Development

• Audit practice within the team and ensure staff undertake appropriate training.
• Maintain contemporary knowledge of educational developments and engage in service improvement initiatives.

Job responsibilities (Repeat content consolidated)

Principal Duties, Other Duties, Professional and Advisory Role and Service Development are consolidated above to reflect the core responsibilities of leadership, governance, clinical guidance, policy development, staff development and service improvement.

Qualifications and experience

Person Specification

Registered Clinician — Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse

Experience — Essential

• Awareness of current community mental health issues, policies and developments; understanding of local, directorate and national targets.
• Experience of supervising staff and ability to make skilled decisions in distressing, high-emotion situations.
• Experience of mental health work in a community/crisis setting.

Desirable

• Experience with culturally diverse populations; experience in Crisis Services; experience with service improvement within Clinical Governance; ability to negotiate with key stakeholders.

Knowledge / Skills — Essential

• Knowledge of risk assessment and risk management; knowledge of local and national mental health policy; comprehensive knowledge of the Mental Health Act and related legislation; strong oral and written communication; ability to provide clinical and managerial leadership and role modelling.

Desirable

• Knowledge of audit and evaluation processes.

Training / Qualifications — Essential

• Active registration as a Mental Health Nurse and continued professional development in leadership and management.

Desirable

• Management/leadership qualification or experience; Non-Medical Prescriber.

Details

Date posted: 22 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 7

Salary: Depending on experience per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 457-25-7471203

Job locations: Longley Centre, Norwood Grange Drive, Longley, Sheffield, S5 7JT

Employer

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Longley Centre, Norwood Grange Drive, Longley, Sheffield, S5 7JT

Employer’s website: https://www.shsc.nhs.uk/working-us (Opens in a new tab)

Other notes This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure to the DBS will be required. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.