Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Skills
Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional / care co-ordinator responsibilities
- Skills
Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice
- Knowledge
Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
- Knowledge
Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment
- Knowledge
Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
- Experience
Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a care environment.
- Experience
Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
- Experience
Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate.
- Experience
Mentoring or facilitating students on practice placement. Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Qualifications
Current professional registration with an approved professional body.
- Qualifications
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- Qualifications
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
- Qualifications
18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
- Qualifications
Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale
- Qualifications
Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Competency in venepuncture
- Knowledge
The Trust’s Quality Improvement System (QIS)
- Experience
Significant experience working with mental ill health in a community environment.
- Qualifications
Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
- Qualifications
Leadership or management qualification
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a kind and experienced Senior Community Practitioner (part time - 30 hours) to join our friendly and dedicated colleagues at The Anchorage Clinic in Whitby.
Whitby and Ryedale Integrated Community Team provides mental health services and delivers care to adults across the Whitby area.
The Anchorage is a short walk from the main town and harbour where there are many local shops and cafes. Whitby is known for its unique blend of rich history, beauty and charming tranquil lifestyle.
As a member of the team, you will work alongside all members of the multi-disciplinary team which includes Registered Nurses, Social Workers, Psychologists and Psychology Assistants, Consultant Psychiatrists and medics, Pharmacists, Team admin and support workers. With access to and support from specialist services available in the trust, and excellent working relationships with local partner organisations.
The team and locality is an area of high activity, and no two days are the same. If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and are looking to be part of a team striving to make a difference, we will welcome your application for this role.
Main duties of the job
As a named worker/care coordinator you will be expected to hold a case load of patients, to be able to deliver care to meet the identified patients needs autonomously and with the support from the MDT. You will be required to participate in the duty worker rota and support the patient journey from referral to discharge. As a senior community practitioner, you will be expected to provide support to junior members of the team and to provide an excellent learning environment for students who are placed with the team.
Candidates must have registration with the relevant governing body and 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
For full details on the duties of this role, please refer to the attached job description.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the main duties of this role please see attached job description, this will also include the person specifications.
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.
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This advert is for Senior Community Practitioner with Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust in Darlington, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata, per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 08 Sep 2026.
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