# Mental Health Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Hollins Park Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Mental health practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21T15:20:43.338Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Whiston/Mersey_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Children_Young_Persons_Mental_Health_Services_CAMHS/Children_Young_Persons_Mental_Health_Services_CAMHS-v8385358
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8385358?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Crisis Response and home Treatment Team offers an alternative to the 9-5 working

The team is a pan Borough service working across the four Boroughs .

The team offer urgent mental health assessments and have an extensive home treatment offer supporting complex young people in the community

As a Mental Health Practitioner, you will provide high standards of evidence based client centred care to children and young people with mental health problems within the THRIVE Framework for service delivery.

You will be expected to provide interventions, advice, consultation and supervision to both colleagues and colleagues within external partner agencies in line with THRIVE and clinical competency

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.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide high quality, evidence-based care for service users and their carers within inpatient and community services. To carry out duties as a practitioner under the supervision of a mentor.

To function as an associate nurse/named nurse/care coordinator/ to service users assisting in assessment, planning and evaluation and review of care, within a recovery focused model of care. Where appropriate, to take part in a 24-hour system of rostering including internal rotation.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details and requirements of the role.

### 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**

- Able to communicate effectively.
- Possess good listening and negotiation skills
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Professional attitude
- Flexibility
- Possess a caring, compassionate and empathic attitude

### Values

**Essential**

- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respect
- Enthusiasm
- Support

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Health & Safety/Risk Management Mental Health Act
- Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision.

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems
- Effective Care Co-ordination
- Care Planning and evaluation
- Quality and clinical audit

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of working with young people
- Appreciate the process of standard setting and audit

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Appropriate professional qualification by RMN, AHP Social Worker

**Desirable**

- Degree
- Evidence of post registration study.
- Approved training in CYPMHS

## Documents

- [oh risk id (pdf, 511.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10714671)
- [job description (pdf, 743.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10714670)
- [employee benefits (pdf, 950.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2853)
- [a great place to work (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1400)
- [your recruitment journey (pdf, 281.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2941)
- [preceptorship information (pdf, 549.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2567)
- [our people promise and charter (pdf, 5.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2513)
- [guidance for applicants: using ai to support your application (pdf, 92.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3044)

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