# Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-community-mental-health-practitioner/95bd6d2c-427f-49fe-aad2-997d2f42ae28 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-community-mental-health-practitioner/95bd6d2c-427f-49fe-aad2-997d2f42ae28.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Darlington - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (7.5 hours per day/3 days) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-27T08:01:43.502Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/Northallerton/Tees_Esk_Wear_Valleys_NHS_Trust/Adult_Mental_Health/Adult_Mental_Health-v8038147 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8038147?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.tewv.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the East Integrated Community Mental Health Team based within North Moor House, Northallerton. As a senior practitioner you will have a genuine interest in collaborative working with people of varying ages and complex needs, including service users, Carers, families and our partners including statutory and voluntary agencies. The successful candidate with participate in a range of interventions including triage, complex assessments and risk management and deliver evidence based psychological well being interventions (training will be provided) to support a purposeful service user journey whilst with the team. The successful candidate may also be required to provide ongoing coaching support, clinical and caseload supervision to junior colleagues and wider members of the MDT. Nursing candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at the time of applying. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. However, sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements, therefore, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa ### Main duties of the job This is an ideal opportunity for someone who wants to develop their leadership and clinical skills in a community setting. As a core member of the team, you will also be responsible for your own caseload, providing assessments, care co-ordination and delivering intervention in the community with people who have complex needs ranging from mild to moderate level of need to severe and enduring level of need and complexity. You will demonstrate excellent assessment and analysis skills, interpersonal, communication and team working skills. You will need to be committed to working collaboratively with a range of statutory and third sector agencies to promote holistic wellbeing and recovery focused care. You will support the team's improvement activities for co-creation, aiming to deliver care that is highly personalised to each individual's needs and working closely with families, paid and unpaid carers. You will be encouraged and supported to bring your skills and experience to contribute to our team and locality's service development and continuous improvement and innovation endeavours. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will have an enthusiastic approach towards your own personal and professional development. In return, you will receive regular appraisal, clinical, management and caseload supervision and will benefit from the support of an experienced and committed multi-disciplinary leadership team, including the Team Manager and the Advanced Practitioner. Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. We encourage interested professional to get in touch with us to discuss the role and our services. It may also be possible for you to arrange a visit to meet the team prior to interview. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information and to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the East Integrated Community Mental Health Team based within North Moor House, Northallerton. As a senior practitioner you will have a genuine interest in collaborative working with people of varying ages and complex needs, including service users, Carers, families and our partners including statutory and voluntary agencies. The successful candidate with participate in a range of interventions including triage, complex assessments and risk management and deliver evidence based psychological well being interventions (training will be provided) to support a purposeful service user journey whilst with the team. The successful candidate may also be required to provide ongoing coaching support, clinical and caseload supervision to junior colleagues and wider members of the MDT. Nursing candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at the time of applying. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. However, sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements, therefore, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa ## Job Description This is an ideal opportunity for someone who wants to develop their leadership and clinical skills in a community setting. As a core member of the team, you will also be responsible for your own caseload, providing assessments, care co-ordination and delivering intervention in the community with people who have complex needs ranging from mild to moderate level of need to severe and enduring level of need and complexity. You will demonstrate excellent assessment and analysis skills, interpersonal, communication and team working skills. You will need to be committed to working collaboratively with a range of statutory and third sector agencies to promote holistic wellbeing and recovery focused care. You will support the team's improvement activities for co-creation, aiming to deliver care that is highly personalised to each individual's needs and working closely with families, paid and unpaid carers. You will be encouraged and supported to bring your skills and experience to contribute to our team and locality's service development and continuous improvement and innovation endeavours. ## Responsibilities You will have an enthusiastic approach towards your own personal and professional development. In return, you will receive regular appraisal, clinical, management and caseload supervision and will benefit from the support of an experienced and committed multi-disciplinary leadership team, including the Team Manager and the Advanced Practitioner. Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. We encourage interested professional to get in touch with us to discuss the role and our services. It may also be possible for you to arrange a visit to meet the team prior to interview. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information and to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for patients in the designated field. - Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act). - Care Programme Approach and its application in practice. - Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice - Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice. - Clinical Governance and its application in practice. - Research and development methodology. - Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment **Desirable** - The Trust’s Quality Improvement System (QIS ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a care environment. - Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers. - Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate. - Mentoring or facilitating students on practice placement. - Working in a multi-disciplinary team - Quality improvement activities **Desirable** - Leadership or management experience - Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community environment. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Current professional registration with an approved professional body. - Evidence of Continuing Professional Development. - For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education. Must be achieved within agreed timescale. - 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework. - Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale. - Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent) **Desirable** - Leadership or management qualification - Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area ## Documents - [our journey to change (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2498) - [mindful employer recruitment (pdf, 93.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1595) - [probationary period procedure (pdf, 244.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1903) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 306.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10326451) ## 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.