# Mental Health Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-practitioner/aee0b341-cdd9-4701-abb8-62a463a253f8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-practitioner/aee0b341-cdd9-4701-abb8-62a463a253f8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Guild Lodge - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (subject to confirmation) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T12:30:33.751Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8380712 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8380712?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Base: Avondale, Royal Preston Hospital or Bickerstaffe house, Ormskirk District General Hospital, there are positions available at either base. Come and join our Initial Response Service team . This is an exciting time to be part of the crisis pathway and support people with mental health to ensure they access the most appropriate support at the right time. The new service offers: - A single referral point for GPs and other professionals - A 24-hour telephone advice and support for people who use services and carers to be able to self-refer. We offer mental health triages/assessments over the phone or face to face. - More responsive crisis services with improved experiences for people who use services, carers and professional. - We work together as a team, we support one another in everything that we do. As we are a 24 hour service we are open to flexible working patterns if needed. - IRS is the front door to services and anyone from GP, professionals, can call and the clinicians have the capacity to respond within hours giving great customer service which gives great job satisfaction for the clinicians. ### Main duties of the job There has never been a more exciting time to join our Trust. You will be part of delivering a significant transformation to the way services are accessed and delivered. We are looking for experienced Band 6 Nurses, Social Workers or Occupational Therapists to join our expanding team. Our aim is to provide people with mental health issues access to the support they need at the right time, with positive outcomes. We help people with a wide range of mental health disorders to ensure that they get the right support at the right time. The service is 24/7 but as Triage Practitioner you will be working a shift patterns within our teams based in Preston based at Royal Preston Hospital and will include referral screening, triaging, signposting and supporting the call handlers and administrators team, who provide information and support over the telephone. Shift times and days are negotiable and can be discussed at interview. We are looking for people who are dedicated to promoting recovery, and who can inspire people experiencing mental health and their families that recovery is possible for everyone. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Detailed knowledge of the impact of risk and protective factors that affect people with mental health problems - In-depth knowledge of diversity and anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice. - Knowledge of medication prescribed for management of mental health issues ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of post qualification clinical work with service users experiencing a range of mental health problems - Experience of delivering evidence based interventions in a time-limited framework - Evidence of assessment across a broad range of mental health problems - Evidence of continuing professional development ### Qualifications **Essential** - Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (e.g. RMN/Dip SW/OT) **Desirable** - ENB 998 or equivalent teaching/supervision qualification ## Documents - [jdps (docx, 377.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10709527) - [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256) ## 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.