# Lead Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-practitioner/bb6c93d9-8629-4b79-a2a8-6f64a5cf17b6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-practitioner/bb6c93d9-8629-4b79-a2a8-6f64a5cf17b6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Prescot - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift working across a 24 / 7 service) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-19T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-06T10:10:40.560Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Whiston/Mersey_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Children_Young_Persons_Mental_Health_Services/Children_Young_Persons_Mental_Health_Services-v8204336 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8204336?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This post offers a great diverse set of opportunities to join a developing  team. The scope within this role is skill enhancing and a developmental opportunity. The Team provides assessment and intensive home treatment as an alternative to hospital admission for Children and young people in Crisis, in the areas of Warrington, Halton, Knowsley & St Helens. The team work collaboratively with our Local CAMH’s Community Team and a number of agencies and service providers in a variety of community bases. The service is a 24 hour service and the successful candidate will be needed to support the team across these hours. ### Main duties of the job As a Lead Practitioner, you will provide a specialised role in the development and implementation of services and care pathways for children and young people with mental health \[CYPMH\] problems within the THRIVE Framework for service delivery. You will be responsible for the clinical oversight of the shift and supporting the team throughout the shift. You will be expected to provide specialist interventions, advice, consultancy and supervision to both colleagues and colleagues within external partner agencies in line with THRIVE. As the post is identified within the CYPMH strategy, it is expected the role will continue to develop in line with national and local initiatives. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To hold a caseload of complex assessments, treatment and consultation work based upon a specialised, conceptual framework and employing research based evidence. To provide direct specialist therapeutic interventions in line with the grading of the post, including assessments, formulation and therapeutic input into children, young people and families referred into the service. Undertake risk assessments and care plans accordingly, in line with the THRIVE framework To work in ways that are sensitive to the needs of children and young people families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds. To be responsible for the authorising of referrals to children and Young People’s services, including urgent referrals To participate directly in the teams duty rota’s and provide support and guidance to other colleagues undertaking the role. To exercise responsibility and autonomy, within supervisory, managerial and accountability structures, for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients To deliver care co-ordination, ensuring effective assessment, care planning and risk management processes are maintained. Involve the views of children, their families, referring agents and other professionals involved in the network of care including organising multiagency meetings. To produce a clinical formulation and intervention plan founded on evidence based practice in co-operation with the child young person and carers To hold responsibility for standards of clinical practice within area of specialist knowledge To work jointly and collaboratively with other team members in order to enhance and develop the provision of services to young people and their families. To have an effective knowledge base of other modalities so as to engage and work effectively with colleagues in other disciplines. To provide consultation, advice and guidance to colleagues and their team this is underpinned by theoretical specialist knowledge. To promote effective multi-agency work. To contribute theoretical knowledge to the process of managing risk within the multi-agency network. Undertake risk management for all children including the protective and risk factors present in the network of significant relationships. Identify and respond appropriately to child protection issues, as described with the guidelines of Local Safeguarding Children’s Board and Merseycare Foundation Trust safeguarding policies Maintain clear and comprehensive electronic clinical records, to ensure information is accurate and complies with Data Protection Act and professional body and Trust standards. To engage with using routine outcome measures as clinically appropriate including their use in clinical practice and inputting data into clinical records. To work collaboratively with children, young people and their families and contribute to the trust’s service user participation agenda. ### 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** - IT literate - Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload - Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills. - Risk assessment skills. - Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues. - Report writing skills. - Ability to travel to work across boundaries. **Desirable** - Research skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of multi-agency working. - Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues - Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of management and clinical leadership. - Experience of successful multi-agency working. - Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care. - Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients / carers / colleagues. **Desirable** - First line management experience. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree, or equivalent, or equivalent work-based experience. - Registration with relevant professional body Appropriate Prescriber - Evidence of CPD/short courses. - Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care. - Post graduate diploma or working towards MSC in advanced clinical practice. - Post registration qualification, or demonstrable equivalent experience. ## Documents - [oh risk id (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10510715) - [job description (pdf, 396.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10517959) - [a great place to work (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1400) - [our people promise and charter (pdf, 5.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2513) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.