Mental Health Practitioner | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	17 Tachwedd 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£56,276 - £63,176 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	17 Rhagfyr 2025
Lleoliad:	London, SE12 8LH
Cwmni:	South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7568862/334-NUR-7568862-SA

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· Are you passionate about reshaping mental health care? Do you believe in the power of community, collaboration with community partners and local voluntary care sector, inclusion, and peer support to transform lives? We’re launching an innovative community care centre inspired by world-class models like the Trieste Mental Health Community Network, Navigo in Grimsby, and Clubhouse models in New York and Brixton.

· We have an incredibly exciting and rare opportunity to be part of a new community mental health pilot. This centre will hold a major national profile with NHS England who are hoping that the pilot will radically transform how we deliver mental health care in the UK.

· We are looking for dedicated staff to help us pioneer this revolutionary approach to care.

· What We Offer

· A Unique Care Model: Join a programme focused on community, social inclusion, and holistic recovery.

· Supportive Environment: Collaborate with peers, contribute to a recovery-oriented care system, and make a real difference.

· Development Opportunities: Be part of a pioneering team shaping the future of mental health care, with training and career growth built-in.

We are looking for a highly experienced and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner.

We welcome applications from hands on individuals with a positive, hands-on approach, who relish a challenge & have a real passion for mental health and high standards of care.

This is a varied and challenging role and requires an experienced mental health professional (nurse, OT or social worker) with knowledge of working with service users with severe and enduring mental health problems.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.



Assume responsibility for own case list and case management of patients with mental health disorders who are determined to be at medium/high risk and complex.
Work in the community settings as required. Work with wider MDT and Adult psychiatrists to make a clinical diagnosis and formulation from a standard assessment, including risk assessment, on which to recommend a treatment intervention.
Design, write and share a copy of the care plan with parents/carers and patients. Carry out the planned intervention with minimal supervision.
Assess safeguarding issues for own cases and refer concerns to the Adult Safeguarding team.
Deliver evidence based treatment interventions based on NICE guidelines. Use individual, group work, advice and supervision according to the needs of patients and have a flexible and innovative approach to packages of care.
Participate and lead in joint complex assessments with other disciplines and other agencies and provide reports for referrers, families and other agencies as required.
Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
Undertake all duties in line with the professional Codes of Professional Conduct, and maintain professional registration requirements for the post according to discipline/profession
Work in accordance and within the principles, policies, procedures and guidelines of all aspects of clinical governance.
Attend monthly supervision and annual appraisal meetings. Make effective use of colleagues in sharing and participating in casework supervision and other forms of supervision when required according to local practice, including attending peer supervision meetings if available.
Identify development and training needs with manager in accordance with Trust/Directorate guidelines. Remain up to date with changing practices and wherever possible make full use of all training and educational facilities.
Join and lead with colleagues in specialist teaching, consultation /support to other professionals and agencies. Participate in the provision of a good quality learning environment for trainees, overseeing placements and supervising trainees.
Participate in the monitoring, evaluation and audit of the service.
Work with others to undertake and promote research-based practice and use that knowledge in your everyday practice, sharing it with others in the team.


This advert closes on Monday 1 Dec 2025