Mental Health Practitioner

You will undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care with mínimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment. Managing a caseload and the provision of mental health care services to people with mental health care needs. You will be responsible for accurate mental health clustering of all patients on admission, discharge and at review and ensure all mental health clustering information is passed onto other Trust teams or services on transfer of patients. To ensure accuracy and quality of mental health clustering activity within the team.

Are you looking for a new Community Mental Health Practitioner Band 6 Role?

Do you want a role that offers job satisfaction and challenges where no two days are the same?

Do you want to work in an Adult Community Mental Health Team that is friendly, innovative and supportive?

Do you have the skills to work autonomously, have a can do attitude and excel under pressure?

Are you an experienced Mental Health Nurse, Social worker or OT, who wants to expand your experience of Community Mental Health within a supportive environment?

We are looking for an experienced Community Mental Health Practitioner who can work independently and as part of a team; is forward thinking; innovative and highly motivated, and keen to work with this client group. We value the contribution of others and recognise the benefit of a variety of clinical experience.

We want you in our team if you share our values and core beliefs. If you want to work in an environment of mutual respect, transparency, integrity and collaborative working we are the team for you.

You will be well supported and supervised by Senior Practitioners and a Consultant Psychiatrists. You will learn and develop through supervised practice, regular multi-disciplinary team meetings, and you will be able to attend training and development days.

If so, then Ipswich IDT team want to hear from you

Ipswich IDT is looking to employ an enthusiastic and motivated mental health practitioner. Currently the team are entering an exciting period of change, under new leadership. We are looking for people to join us in building what the future service of Ipswich IDT looks like. If you think this could be you please contact Michaela Langley Clinical Team Manager Ipswich IDT on

07557179540 for more information or an informal chat.

Our aim is to continually improve service delivery, service user / carer experience, and outcomes. We have work to do, but we are fully committed and motivated. If you think you have the relevant skills and experience, then this team, who are based in Ipswich would love to speak to you

We are currently working in a more flexible manner with increased use of virtual mediums to conduct patient care, and therefore this will provide opportunity to discuss flexible ways of working. We work collaboratively and in a supportive manner which is of particular importance in these unusual times.

Managing a caseload and the provision of mental health care services to people with mental health care need. To be responsible for accurate mental health clustering of all patients on admission, discharge and at review. To ensure all mental health information is passed onto other Trust teams or services on transfer of patients. To ensure accuracy and quality of mental health clustering activity within the team. The post holder will undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care with mínimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.

Our aim is to continually improve service delivery, service user / carer experience, and outcomes. We have work to do, but we are fully committed and motivated. If you think you have the relevant skills and experience, then this team, who are based in Ipswich would love to speak to you