Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
19 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Extensive post registration experience working at band 5 in both inpatient and/or community settings within a mental health and/or learning disabilities setting.
- Experience
Evidence of acting as nurse in charge on a regular basis and being able to undertake the role of shift co-ordinator.
- Experience
Substantial experience of managing/leading a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health conditions within a community setting and without supervision.
- Experience
Experience of clinically supervising junior and unqualified staff and mentoring students.
- Experience
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
- Experience
Proven expertise in crisis intervention, mental health assessment, and risk management.
- Experience
Experience of leading clinical decision-making and supervising staff.
- Qualifications
A professional mental health qualification eg RMN, Social Work Degree or equivalent, on the appropriate professional body register and hold current registration with no restrictions.
- Qualifications
Significant post qualified experience (minimum 2 years)
- Qualifications
Evidence of relevant continuing professional development. Mentoring students in line with professional requirements.
- Knowledge & Skills
Strong understanding of safeguarding, legal frameworks (e.g. MHA, MCA), and ethical practice.
- Knowledge & Skills
Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge & Skills
Ability to work flexibly and manage competing demands in high-pressure environments.
- Knowledge & Skills
Commitment to continuous professional development and service improvement.
- Knowledge & Skills
Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health problems.
- Knowledge & Skills
Able to solve own problems and get involved in the solutions.
- Knowledge & Skills
Able to plan creatively to maximise effectiveness of care plans.
- Knowledge & Skills
Able to work independently and as part of a team Excellent clinical assessment skills.
- Knowledge & Skills
Excellent de-escalation skills.
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience in service development or leading change initiatives. Experience in managing complex cases involving co-occurring needs (e.g. substance misuse, neurodiversity, trauma).
- Experience
Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
- Qualifications
Clinical Supervision qualification.
- Qualifications
Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff.
- Qualifications
Evidence of leadership/management training within a core service.
- Knowledge & Skills
Familiarity with local crisis pathways, community resources, and integrated care systems.
- Knowledge & Skills
This role involves frequent travel across Devon, including to locations not well served by public transport. Applicants must be able to meet these travel requirements reliably. Access to suitable transport will be necessary and candidates will need to independently use appropriate arrangements (e.g. access to a vehicle).
Job summary
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, highly motivated Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to work within the Teignbridge Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team Based at Estuary House.
The Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team is a pivotal, county-wide service whose main focus is to offer an alternative to inpatient admission and provide intensive treatment as required within the community. The service operates within locality-based leadership teams to ensure effective gatekeeping for all service users referred for hospital admission. Outreach is at the heart of the service, with most assessments taking place in non-hospital environments.
As an active member of the integrated multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will contribute to a 24-hour community-based Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service, available across the county as an alternative to hospital admission. The role involves delivering rapid assessments and planning effective, evidence-based home treatment in collaboration with service users, carers, and professionals from both established services and locality teams.
Main duties of the job
A key function of this role is the timely assessment of individuals referred to the service, with a requirement to provide initial clinical assessment within 4 hours for urgent cases and within 24 hours for referrals, ensuring prompt access to appropriate care and interventions. The post holder will utilise an approved UK triage tool to rigorously assess the urgency and complexity of each referral, supporting accurate prioritisation and efficient allocation of resources to those in highest need.
- Provide advanced clinical assessment, formulation, and intervention for individuals experiencing acute mental health crisis.
- Lead and coordinate crisis response within a multidisciplinary team, ensuring safe and effective care planning.
- Offer clinical supervision, mentorship, and support to junior staff and students.
- Act as a point of escalation for complex cases, providing expert guidance on risk management and safeguarding.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate integrated care and smooth transitions across services.
- Contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives, and audit processes.
- Uphold and promote trauma-informed, recovery-focused, and person-centred approaches.
- Participate in the delivery of 24/7 crisis services, including rota-based working across evenings and weekends.
- Support the implementation of Trust policies, procedures, and strategic priorities within the crisis pathway.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Details
- Date posted: 26 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: C9369-26-0363-2
- Job locations: Devon Partnership Nhs Trust, Collett Way, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4PH, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification which will provide further information on this role.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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This advert is for Senior Mental Health Practitioner with Devon Partnership NHS Trust in Dawlish, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Mental health practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39959.00 to £48117.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.
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