# Senior Mental Health Practitioner - £3000 Recruitment Premium > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner-pound3000-recruitment-premium/99b65065-8abc-4ace-9d30-595f6c1da714 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner-pound3000-recruitment-premium/99b65065-8abc-4ace-9d30-595f6c1da714.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Norwich - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 gross per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-01T09:31:16.252Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Great_Yarmouth/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Senior_Mental_Health_Practitioner/Senior_Mental_Health_Practitioner-v8031015 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8031015?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Senior Practitioner Band 6 role working in the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team Are you dynamic? Do you want to make a difference to the care that people receive? Do you want to influence change? Then come and join our amazing team here at Great Yarmouth Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team.  We are a unique team in that we are integrated to the ward and our day-care facilities as a partial hospitalisation service which enhances and supports patient centred care to provide a smooth transition throughout our services to ensure that the highest quality of care is received for all our patients and carers. ### Main duties of the job Within this role you will also carry out emergency assessments from Community Teams, GP's and A&E Out of Hours in view of gate-keeping possible admissions, ongoing care or referral to external teams. The team also visits Service Users at home to plan and implement care packages for Crisis and Home Treatment Team patients. As a team we embrace a Quality Improvement approach. We are a small team where retention is high and the opportunities to work between our services for individual development is very much supported. We pride ourselves in ensuring that our team are supported and given the best opportunities where possible. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to work flexibly as this service covers 24 hours 7 days a week.  Although you will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, there will be elements of lone working. The post will sit under the Great Yarmouth & Waveney Acute Mental Health Services within a supportive and progressive Locality. Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Recruitment Premium This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles).  This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months).  The premium is taxable.  Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows:  100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment.  Please note this recruitment premium is for external applicants only. Not applicable to newly qualified applicants. ## Job Details Senior Practitioner Band 6 role working in the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team Are you dynamic? Do you want to make a difference to the care that people receive? Do you want to influence change? Then come and join our amazing team here at Great Yarmouth Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team. We are a unique team in that we are integrated to the ward and our day-care facilities as a partial hospitalisation service which enhances and supports patient centred care to provide a smooth transition throughout our services to ensure that the highest quality of care is received for all our patients and carers. ## Job Description Within this role you will also carry out emergency assessments from Community Teams, GP's and A&E Out of Hours in view of gate-keeping possible admissions, ongoing care or referral to external teams. The team also visits Service Users at home to plan and implement care packages for Crisis and Home Treatment Team patients. As a team we embrace a Quality Improvement approach. We are a small team where retention is high and the opportunities to work between our services for individual development is very much supported. We pride ourselves in ensuring that our team are supported and given the best opportunities where possible. ## Responsibilities You will be able to work flexibly as this service covers 24 hours 7 days a week. Although you will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, there will be elements of lone working. The post will sit under the Great Yarmouth & Waveney Acute Mental Health Services within a supportive and progressive Locality. Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Recruitment Premium This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment. Please note this recruitment premium is for external applicants only. Not applicable to newly qualified applicants. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Full driving licence ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrate effective risk management and risk management experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - Nursing degree or equivalent Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent - Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants) or Practice Educator (AHP & Social Worker Registrants) ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 400.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10318495) - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) ## 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.