# 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/ba2a44a4-feb4-407f-b383-60e0261b4d63 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-community-mental-health-practitioner/ba2a44a4-feb4-407f-b383-60e0261b4d63.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** West Park Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7.5 hours per day over 5 days) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T09:22:28.469Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/Harrogate/Tees_Esk_Wear_Valleys_NHS_Trust/Adult_Mental_Health_Community_Treatment_Team/Adult_Mental_Health_Community_Treatment_Team-v8264453 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8264453?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.tewv.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Harrogate and Ripon Community Treatment Team based in Harrogate. The post would be an ideal developmental post for someone looking to develop their community assessment and intervention skills. Anyone applying from a different environment that is looking to develop their skills would be supported by the leadership team members to ensure their wellbeing was maintained. 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's role will include triage, complex assessments and risk management, deliver evidence-based interventions training will be provided to support a purposeful service user journey whilst with the team as well as provide ongoing coaching support, clinical and caseload supervision to junior colleagues and wider members of the MDT Candidates must hold 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at the point of application. ### 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, mostly 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. The Integrated Community Team is a lively, dynamic, and supportive multi-disciplinary team committed to collaboration and joint working. 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. The team are committed to providing excellent evidence-based quality care to the adult population. It is imperative that the successful candidate has a flexible pro-active approach to their person-centred practice. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities 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 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. 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 Clinical Specialist Nurse/Advanced Nurse 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. This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible. ### 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** - 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. (at the point of application) - 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, 595.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2498) - [mindful employer recruitment (pdf, 93.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1595) - [probationary period procedure (pdf, 303.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1903) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 306.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10578642) ## 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.