Community Mental Health Practitioner

**Main area**
- Community Mental Health Practitioner

**Grade**

Band 5

**Contract**

Permanent: Part time

**Hours**

Part time - 30 hours per week

**Job ref**

373-SMH2463

**Site**
- Cherrybank Resource Centre

**Town**

Ellesmere Port

**Salary**

£31,049 - £46,580 per annum pro rata

**Salary period**

Yearly

**Closing**

26/08/2025 23:59

**Job overview**:
Ellesmere Port Community Mental Health Service are seeking a number of enthusiastic community mental health nurses to join our busy team.

Do you have a passion for supporting people within their own home to live as independently as possible? You will be joining a busy community mental health team who provides support to adults with a serious mental health condition such as Bi Polar Affective Disorder, Schizophrenia, Severe Depression to maintain their quality of life and remain well in the community.

We are ideally looking for a practitioner with experience of both functional and organic mental ill health. However, we would consider a nurse with experience of one of these areas as training and support will be given to develop your skills and experience.

If you are motivated and committed to delivering high quality evidence-based care and want to make a real difference to the lives of people living with a mental health condition, please feel free to contact us and apply.

This post is part time 30 hours per week.

**Main duties of the job**:
The post holder will work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary framework, undertaking assessments and coordinating the care of patients with both functional and organic mental illness.

The post holder will maintain a small caseload which will involve ongoing assessment: Formulation of care planning, risk assessments. Completing reviews and offering interventions to help improve wellbeing/outcomes for the individual and their families, signposting to other agencies as necessary. The post holder will be expected to be clinic based for majority of their role and be allocated duty practitioner as per rota Excellent communication, report writing, and assessment skills are essential for this post. Applicants should have sound working knowledge of mental health disorders and the Mental Health Act.

We are a friendly and supportive team upholding the core values of CWP. We offer a thorough induction period, which includes shadowing established team members alongside ongoing supervision and support. Supervision and training are mandatory with wider training / personal development readily available.

Access to transport for work purposes is essential.

**Working for our organisation**:
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.