Job overview
Are you a Mental Health Practitioner who wants to make a difference to adults living with a mental illness in Shropshire?
We are seeking a compassionate, skilled, and motivated Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join our Community Mental Health Services within North Shropshire Locality.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a newly developing, dynamic and supportive multi-disciplinary team delivering an enhanced offer in partnership with colleagues to older adults who are experiencing an functional mental illness. You will work collaboratively with service users, carers, and partner agencies to promote recovery, independence, and quality of life.
Working in a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with internal and external agencies, you will;
- Provide specialist assessment and care planning in conjunction with wider community services, service users and carers
- Evaluate treatment plans
- Triage and assess referrals received by the service in liaison with multi-disciplinary colleagues
- Co-ordinate the work of the Team
- Take responsibility for managing a caseload.
Main duties of the job
- Take responsibility for the management of a complex caseload, which includes, specialist assessment, care planning in conjunction with service user and carer, evaluation of individual treatment plans
- Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
- Administer medication (Nurses only), complying with relevant Trust procedures and NMC Guidance
- Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
- Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care and pathway guidance including; pharmacological and psychologically informed interventions.
- Complete and contribute, where appropriate to robust risk assessments and risk management plans. Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information relating to this vacancy please refer to the attached job description and job specification
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Skills of assessing, planning and evaluating care, for people with mental health and dementia related difficulties, utilising the principles of Recovery
- Knowledge of the physical health needs and monitoring requirements for older people receiving community mental health and/or dementia services
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of extensive post registration experience with working with adults experiencing functional mental health illnesses
- Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex co-morbidity needs
- Experience of working in community setting and making decisions autonomously
- Experience of integrating care delivery across multi-disciplinary /multi agency teams
- Experience of leading/contributing to care planning processes
Desirable
- Qualified as NMP or extensive social work experience working with client group (AMHP)
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse on NMC Register.
- Post-registration experience, evidence of formal courses and training at diploma/degree level.
- Registered Mentor
Desirable
- Qualification in psychological interventions such as DBT, SCM, CBT, EMDR, MBT, relevant to a client group with complex mental health needs
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This advert is for Community Mental Health Nurse / NMP/ Social Worker with Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in North shropshire CMHS. It is listed as a Band 6 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent: 0.8 (Tuesday- Friday 9-5). The application deadline is 01 Sep 2026.
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