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Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 26 May 2026
This is an exciting opportunity for a band 6 Nurse Practitioner to join the Central Home Treatment Team. The Central Home Treatment Team offer short‑term, intense support to service users, and their families/carers, who are suffering from enduring or new mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute inpatient environment. There is a strong focus on a recovery model and effective risk management to provide quality care in a community setting.
The Central Home Treatment Team are always striving towards excellence in service delivery and ensuring that the Trust values are achieved. The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward thinking with the ability to work as part of a team and in partnership with local services.
There will be an expectation that the successful applicant will have the ability to work a flexible shift pattern across 7 days a week, to provide clinical support, upskill and guidance to junior members of the nursing team including the completion of formal clinical supervision reviews in accordance with the Trust policy.
Successful applicants will be provided with a full induction and appraisal to formulate a Personal Development Plan and to identify training and development needs.
Main duties of the job
To deliver high quality care to individuals who have specific mental health problems i.e. have a severe and enduring mental health problem and multiple, complex needs.
To act as a key member of the Multi‑Disciplinary Team ensuring the effective assessment, including Risk Assessment and Risk Management, planning, monitoring and evaluation of care for service users with severe and enduring mental illness in acute crisis, ensuring the effective supervision of staff accountable to the post holder, whilst liaising with a wide range of multi‑agency professionals.
To provide a "gatekeeping" function as detailed in the Operating Procedure.
To provide rapid and holistic assessment, care and sign‑posting of individuals within the above group but also for those presenting with other urgent risk issues.
The work of the Crisis Team will be managed as a whole though the post holder has crisis coordination responsibilities for a caseload specified within the team.
To act in the role of "Shift Co‑ordinator" as detailed in role protocol.
To undertake the role of Bed Management for the local area.
To organise and deliver a rapid intensive intervention service in order to meet the health and social needs of those adults experiencing a serious mental health crisis.
To form close working relationships with and provide highly specialised advice and information on mental health issues to a variety of other services/agencies/organisations and carers both within and outside mental health services.
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.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Qualifications
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- CQSW, CSS, DipSW or equivalent and/or experience relevant to the post
Experience
- Able to manage own time and prioritise workload
- Demonstrate advanced Risk Assessment and Risk Management skills
Skills and Knowledge
- Demonstrate understanding of Health & Safety policies, procedures and effects on Practice
- Can demonstrate knowledge of severe and enduring mental health problems and its effect on clients, families and carers
- Good interpersonal skills
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.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
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Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 26 May 2026
This is an exciting opportunity for a band 6 Nurse Practitioner to join the Central Home Treatment Team. The Central Home Treatment Team offer short‑term, intense support to service users, and their families/carers, who are suffering from enduring or new mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute inpatient environment. There is a strong focus on a recovery model and effective risk management to provide quality care in a community setting.
The Central Home Treatment Team are always striving towards excellence in service delivery and ensuring that the Trust values are achieved. The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward thinking with the ability to work as part of a team and in partnership with local services.
There will be an expectation that the successful applicant will have the ability to work a flexible shift pattern across 7 days a week, to provide clinical support, upskill and guidance to junior members of the nursing team including the completion of formal clinical supervision reviews in accordance with the Trust policy.
Successful applicants will be provided with a full induction and appraisal to formulate a Personal Development Plan and to identify training and development needs.
Main duties of the job
To deliver high quality care to individuals who have specific mental health problems i.e. have a severe and enduring mental health problem and multiple, complex needs.
To act as a key member of the Multi‑Disciplinary Team ensuring the effective assessment, including Risk Assessment and Risk Management, planning, monitoring and evaluation of care for service users with severe and enduring mental illness in acute crisis, ensuring the effective supervision of staff accountable to the post holder, whilst liaising with a wide range of multi‑agency professionals.
To provide a “gatekeeping” function as detailed in the Operating Procedure.
To provide rapid and holistic assessment, care and sign‑posting of individuals within the above group but also for those presenting with other urgent risk issues.
The work of the Crisis Team will be managed as a whole though the post holder has crisis coordination responsibilities for a caseload specified within the team.
To act in the role of “Shift Co‑ordinator” as detailed in role protocol.
To undertake the role of Bed Management for the local area.
To organise and deliver a rapid intensive intervention service in order to meet the health and social needs of those adults experiencing a serious mental health crisis.
To form close working relationships with and provide highly specialised advice and information on mental health issues to a variety of other services/agencies/organisations and carers both within and outside mental health services.
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.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Qualifications
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- CQSW, CSS, DipSW or equivalent and/or experience relevant to the post
Experience
- Able to manage own time and prioritise workload
- Demonstrate advanced Risk Assessment and Risk Management skills
Skills and Knowledge
- Demonstrate understanding of Health & Safety policies, procedures and effects on Practice
- Can demonstrate knowledge of severe and enduring mental health problems and its effect on clients, families and carers
- Good interpersonal skills
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.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
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