Mental Health Practitioner (Forensic)
| Posting date: | 19 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £40,617.00 to £48,778.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £40617.00 - £48778.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 December 2025 |
| Location: | Radlett, WD7 7HU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9367-25-1104 |
Summary
To work within the CFT to provide specialist mental health practitioner assessment and care planning.To take a lead role in the care planning process and work within the Care Programme Approach ensuring that CFT and Trust policies are adhered to.To take a lead role and work with those people who have more complex and challenging needs across the caseload. To develop practice within the teams in the assessment of health and well being needs. Working closely with the Consultant Forensic Psychiatrists, act as a central link in the ongoing management of complex cases for the team.To provide specialist knowledge and advice to other agencies for the purposes of public protection, including through MAPPA processes.To provide written reports in respect of Mental Health Tribunals as required. To act as a Social Supervisor for those people who remain subject to mental health act restrictions whilst living out of hospital.Take part in the evaluation of the care of individuals at review meetings, case conferences, ward rounds etc.To attend and contribute to team meetings, providing specialist professional advice and support to staff regarding the management of individual service users and their programmes of careWhere professionally appropriate may be responsible for the safe transport and administration of medicines in accordance with Trust policy, legal requirements and NMC guidance, administers intramuscular injections.To provide specialist clinical advice across the Trust as required.To liaise with community services; statutory and non- statutory and inpatient services