Adult Mental Health Practitioner

2 days ago


Kendal, Cumbria, United Kingdom Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Full time
About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Community Mental Health Practitioner, working in a busy service that provides a range of services including secondary mental health care. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for managing a caseload of service users with complex needs, developing care plans, and delivering evidence-based interventions and treatments.

Main Responsibilities
  • Undertake assessments for people referred into the service for physical health monitoring when commenced on anti-psychotic medication, including depot and Clozapine.
  • Manage a caseload of service users with a range of complex needs, developing care plans and delivering evidence-based interventions and treatments.
  • Work under the supervision of the clinical lead and have support from the Community Mental Health team multi-disciplinary team.
  • Manage unplanned patient work within the team, responding to escalation of risk/crisis situations and if required, step up care to a CMHT Band 6 Practitioner to assess.
About Us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services, including secondary mental health care, specialist provision, and physical health and well-being services in the community. We encourage flexible working and believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing.

Person Specification
  • Registered Mental Health nurse with ongoing Professional Registration.
  • Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development.


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