Community Mental Health Practitioner
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Bradford, BD7 3EGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
8 October 2026
9 days leftJob description
We welcome applications to join us at the Community Mental Health Assessment Team. The Post Holder will be responsible for the triage/assessment of ro...
- To manage a caseload of clients in the community
- To triage and assess routine referrals into the CMHT
- To input data in the clinical information system: e.g. including risk assessments, care plans, CPA, crisis and contingency plans
- To work as a part of duty/day co-ordinator service within the CMH AT
- To supervise and mentor student nurses
- To demonstrate effective networking skills and ensure a holistic approach to meet service user needs.
- To work to ensure the safety and wellbeing of service users and their families
- To work in partnership with service users and carers to achieve goals and to support recovery and reintegration within communities
- To provide appropriate feedback and liaison with MDT on all aspects of service user care.
- To ensure that agreed standards of nursing care within the team are achieved.
- To actively participate in the flexible formats of team supervision and support.
- To initiate, develop and assist in the trial of new ideas for the improvement of services to service users in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.
- To ensure that nursing policies are implemented and maintained
- To comply with legal and professional requirements
- To have ability to identify, facilitate and support developments and initiatives within the service delivery of nursing and multi-disciplinary team
- To work within a fully integrated and jointly managed Community Mental Health Team alongside Local Authority social care staff and manager
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value differenceWe Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needsWe Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :Increase mileage rates for > 3500A wide range of health and wellbeing support packagesA range of internal and external development and learning opportunitiesPlus many more.We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Qualification
Essential
- Registered Professional in either Nursing (Mental Health), Social Work or Occupational Therapy, with current registration with NMC, Social Work England or HCPC.
Desirable: - 2 years post registration experience including work including a community mental health setting.
Experience
Essential: - Experience of multi-agency and multi disciplinary working.; - Knowledge of mental health medication management and monitoring.
Desirable: - Previous experience of working within care pathways.; - Experience of accessing health and social care support packages for vulnerable people.
Knowledge
Essential: - Adult and Children Safeguarding.; - Good understanding of complex mental health and social issues.
Desirable: - Local knowledge of services and service user demographic.
Skills
Essential: - High standard of communication (verbal/written).; - Demonstrate ability to prioritise workload.
Desirable: - Experience and knowledge of working in a multicultural area
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
28 September 2026
Last checked
29 September 2026
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