# Mental Health Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West London NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** West London NHS Trust
- **Location:** St Bernard's Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Mental health practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £45953.00 to £54254.00
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Business Development)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16T09:27:11.905Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8372690
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8372690?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Mental Health Practitioner to join the Ealing Early Intervention Service on a fixed-term basis.

Ealing EIS is a dynamic, multidisciplinary community mental health team providing specialist assessment and treatment for young people experiencing a first episode of psychosis. We are passionate about delivering high-quality, evidence-based, recovery-focused care that promotes hope, social inclusion and positive outcomes for service users and their families.

We are seeking a skilled practitioner who is committed to person-centred care and who thrives within a collaborative and supportive team environment.

This post is offered as a 12-month fixed-term contract to provide cover during a period of secondment. Internal applicants may be considered on a secondment basis subject to agreement from their substantive manager.

### Main duties of the job

As a Mental Health Practitioner, you will:

- Manage a caseload of service users experiencing a first episode of psychosis.
- Undertake comprehensive assessments, risk assessments and care planning.
- Deliver evidence-based interventions in line with Early Intervention in Psychosis standards.
- Work collaboratively with families, carers and partner agencies to support recovery.
- Contribute to physical health monitoring and holistic care planning.
- Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and service development initiatives.
- Provide crisis management and risk management as required.
- Support service users with education, employment and social recovery goals.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical records and contribute to performance targets.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

### 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**

- Knowledge of mental health disorders and relationship to physical disorders
- Mental health issues within diverse communities
- The Early Intervention in Psychosis model, ethos and practice
- Safeguarding policies and procedure
- Evidence –based interventions for First Episode Psychosis
- Trauma Informed approaches to care
- The principles of recovery, positive risk taking and strength-based approaches to care.

### Experience

**Essential**

- Post-qualification experience in mental health; working with individuals with acute and complex needs
- Experience of supervising staff within own and/or other disciplines.
- Working in partnership with other agencies
- Experience of working in a community mh setting
- MDT working

**Desirable**

- Working with people with psychosis
- CAMHS and/or CYP experience
- Care co-ordination and care planning within CPA in the community.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Qualified RMN/OT/SW with current professional registration
- Evidence of relevant continuous professional development

**Desirable**

- CBT qualification
- Family Interventions Qualification

## Documents

- [candidate pack (pdf, 512.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10700588)
- [oh requirements (pdf, 304.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3067)
- [occupational health requirements (pdf, 376.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3003)

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