Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 24 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 January 2026 |
| Location: | Gainsborough, DN21 2UQ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9274-25-0562 |
Summary
Manage a caseload in the community; establishing priorities within that caseload; ensuring effective use of time. To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning, working towards recovery. To act as an autonomous practitioner making decisions about service user care as appropriate with the nursing and wider multi-disciplinary team. To ensure up to date agreed care plans, risk assessments and reviews are in place using clinical outcome measures; involving service users/carers in the planning and delivery of care in a compassionate and appropriate manner which considers their diverse needs. Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances. Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet peoples identified needs and manage their inherent risk. Medication management. To assess carers and families needs and develop, implement and review programmes of support for carers and families. Maintain the welfare and safety of service users and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance Liaison and collaborative working with internal and external agencies, promoting effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making. To maintain accurate and timely clinical records. To adhere to professional codes of conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation. To participate in Clinical Governance activities, including induction, supervision, personal development review, health and safety, risk management and audit. Participate in all clinical governance and audit developments including post registration education, training and continuing professional development.