Specialist Rehabilitation Practitioner
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Bradford, BD9 6DPView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
4 October 2026
4 days leftJob description
Looking for your next challenge? Want to help shape and grow a new service? We're looking for an enthusiastic and motivated band 6 practitioner to joi...
To manage a clinical caseload as required to meet the rehabilitation needs of service users.
To support patient flow and development of rehabilitation pathways as defined by the leadership team
To implement evidence-based specialist rehabilitation knowledge and skills
To be a proactive team member in respect of communication, team administration, quality of service and service development.
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 partnersWe 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 > 4500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A 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.Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate's best interest to apply as soon as possible.
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent pre-registration award in Nursing, AHP, Social Work, Psychotherapy
- Short specialist course/s with relevance to specialist clinical area
- State registration with NMC, HCPC, BACP
- Full current UK Driving License
- Professional practice educator training
Desirable
- Professional Practice education accreditation
- Leading an Empowered Organization (LEO) training or equivalent
- Level 2 Chartered Management Institute training or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Working as an Mental Health Practitioner assessing the needs of service users with severe and enduring mental health problems.
- Mental health rehabilitation
- Clear supervisory experience.
- Professional practice education experience
Desirable
- Post registration experience of working with a range of mental health problems i.e. psychosis and personality disorders
- Experience working with individuals having neurodevelopmental disorders
- Experience of working within an inpatient setting.
- Conducting staff reviews
Health and Well-Being skills
Essential
- Clear understanding or working knowledge of NICE guidance relative to clinical area & quality indicators.
- Experience of using a variety of specialized assessments and models
- Experience of using outcome measures appropriate to the specialist clinical area.
- Able to relate to and empower people to realize and maintain their potential in relation to health and wellbeing.
- Ability to assess function, ability, risk and interdependencies with psychosocial needs contributing to overall assessment of health and well being needs.
- Ability to create, monitor and review treatment plans, taking into account the complex, serious and changing needs of individuals.
- Effectively utilize a wide range of specialist therapeutic skills to provide treatment interventions, both through individual and group media.
Desirable
- Knowledge of recovery approach
- Demonstrable innovation in mental health rehabilitation
- Knowledge of relational security
- Experience of service user involvement
- Knowledge of issues relating to substance misuse
- Knowledge pertaining to criminogenic issues
General
Essential
- Understanding of the Band 6 role and own developmental needs with regard to the post.
- Understanding of current mental health recovery & rehabilitation agenda and national guidance with regard to same
- Understanding of the role in supporting flow and transition
- Ability to work closely with managers/peers and MDT to deliver high quality service.
- Ability to plan, allocate and supervise the work others.
- To adopt and adapt a professional approach in a variety of situations.
- Ability to utilize information technology
- Ability to use effective and diverse range of communication
- Access to own car, available for work, unless precluded by disability
Desirable: - Experience of project leadership; - Team leadership experience.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
22 September 2026
Last checked
24 September 2026
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