Senior Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 23 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Location: | Grimsby, Dn33 1NU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B9816-536 |
Summary
The Post Holder will be expected to take responsibility for a number of tasks including: 1.Process referrals prioritise, risk management, risk assessment of clients who are in crisis and may be displaying high risk behaviours. 2.The Post Holder will be the first line contact for all mental health at all times to the general Trust and primary care via the Single Point of Access (SPA). 3.The Post Holder will be responsible for defining the level of acute mental health crisis and the use of resources. This includes the decision to admit a person to either the acute inpatient beds, or Sussex house crisis beds, processing of general practitioner referrals and urgent Acute Mental Health and Memory Service referrals. 4.The Post Holder will have to have an understanding of the relevant policies and their application to related face to face physical aggression and associated actions, eg COSHH, Infection Control, exposure to body fluids. Exposure to both verbal and physical aggression. 5.The Post Holder will be expected to professionally contribute and/or lead and manage serious untoward incidents, challenging behaviours, ensuring all parties are de briefed and supported. 6.The post holder will be expected to be involved in and implement new and revised policies within their own sphere of work. 7.Will offer clinical supervision to junior staff.