Senior Mental Health Practitioner | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum (pro rata for part time) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 February 2026 |
| Location: | 292 Central Drive, Blackpool, FY1 5JW |
| Company: | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6754961/382-FICC69-25 |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for two experienced mental health practitioners to become part of the Primary Intermediate Mental Health Service in Blackpool. We are a fully integrated multi disciplinary service providing multiple treatment pathways. We work alongside our local partners to provide specialist support into various services including Early Help, Perinatal, Social Care, Family Safeguarding Hubs, Rough Sleepers teams.
The post holder will be specialist key member of the Primary Intermediate Mental Health Team, ensuring the smooth running of the service duty team and liaising/partnership working within the Blackpool neighbourhoods and locality teams.Providing effective triage and assessment, formulating and providing intervention to people who are referred with moderate and complex mental health difficulties.
Liaison with various multi agency professionals from both statutory and voluntary organisations. Sign-posting referrals as necessary to ensure that clients access the most suitable care in a timely manner.
To conduct comprehensive Mental Health and Social Care needs assessments that provide a robust treatment plan and signposting to other agencies.
The post-holder will have a sound working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983, The Care Act, relevant documentation and knowledge of Primary and Secondary Care Mental Health Services and Social Care.
Informal enquiries welcome.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
The post holder will be specialist key member of the Primary Intermediate Mental Health Team.
Effective in mental health assessment, formulating and providing intervention to people who are referred with moderate and complex mental health difficulties.
Liaison with various multi agency professionals from both statutory and voluntary organisations. Sign-posting referrals as necessary to ensure that clients access the most suitable care in a timely manner.
The role may work across all pathways within the Primary Intermediate Mental Health, including but not limited to locality, Early Help, psychology, psychiatry, perinatal and neurodevelopmental
This advert closes on Tuesday 13 Jan 2026
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