Senior Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 10 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 June 2025 |
| Location: | Wakefield, WF1 3SP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9378-F0642A |
Summary
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients. For full job description, please see attached supporting documents. This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The post-holder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the post-holder when necessary and in line with the service developments. As the lead clinician in a specialist area of practice the postholder will provide expert clinical advice and support to other professionals both within the service and to other professionals. The post holder will be responsible for setting professional direction and delivering highly specialist clinical care to their own caseload and service within that speciality area. They will undertake specialised assessments, plan and implement specialist and contemporary evidence based interventions, evaluate efficacy of such interventions, and maintain associated records detailing input based on area of specialism. Provide specialist education and training for team and multi-agency services in keeping with specialism. Undertake research and lead clinical audits in own specialist areas and be responsible for developing new and innovative clinical practices responding to emerging knowledge and techniques. Act as senior practitioner in defined area of specialist work, being responsible for the maintenance of professional standards and competencies within their defined clinical area. To work autonomously and collaboratively within the MDT, providing advice, consultation and teaching for other agencies/professionals. Under the guidance of senior managers, provide strong collaborative leadership that promotes and supports qualitative and effective decision making and taking, in keeping with the Forensic Community service and trust policy. To provide supervision and teaching to all other disciplines within forensic community services and to deputise as agreed for Team Managers. To promote safeguarding and the welfare of service users and their families and carers. We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.