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Mental Health Practitioner

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Chorley, PR7 2TH

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

16 September 2026

12 days left

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner to join Chorley Community Mental Health T...

As a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner, you will work within a keyworker model, providing assessment, care coordination and evidence-based interventions for people with identified secondary mental health needs. You will work closely with service users, families and carers, colleagues across the multidisciplinary team, primary care and partner agencies to develop coordinated, person-centred plans that promote recovery, independence and effective management of risk.

  • Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments and contribute to multidisciplinary formulation and care planning.
  • Act as keyworker for an allocated caseload, coordinating agreed interventions, reviews and pathways of care.
  • Develop, implement and review collaborative care plans, safety plans and risk assessment and management plans.
  • Recognise and respond appropriately to changes in mental state, risk, safeguarding concerns and social circumstances.
  • Work collaboratively with psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists, social care colleagues, support workers and partner services.
  • Support safe and effective medicines management within your professional scope, including appropriate monitoring of psychotropic medication such as lithium and clozapine where relevant.
  • Promote physical health, social inclusion, recovery and the involvement of families and carers where appropriate.

Chorley CMHT is an ambitious and collaborative team that takes pride in supporting both the people who use our services and one another. We are continually developing our clinical pathways, team processes and partnerships to provide timely, coordinated care and to help people remain well within their communities wherever possible.

You will join a team that values innovation, reflective practice and continuous improvement, while recognising the importance of staff wellbeing and sustainable working. We aim to create an environment where colleagues feel supported to develop, contribute ideas and make a meaningful difference to the people and communities we serve.

Our approach reflects the Trust values: we are always learning, we are respectful, we are kind and we are a team.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professionally Registered Mental Health Nurse or Equivalent professional registered social worker.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of mental illness and impact upon quality of life
  • Clear understanding of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Care Act and how this influences practice within the CMHT, inpatient and HBTT settings.Clear understanding of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Care Act and how this influences practice within the CMHT, inpatient and HBTT settings.
  • Knowledge of Recovery model and approaches and able to demonstrate examples.
  • Pharmaceutical knowledge of medications

Experience

Essential

  • Post qualification experience within mental health services. With some of these to have been within acute mental health services.
  • Experience of working with a full range of mental illness
  • Demonstrable experience of providing supervision/teaching/training

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

2 September 2026

Last checked

4 September 2026

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About the employer

LSC
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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