Community Mental Health Practitioner | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 06 Mai 2026 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £39,959 - £48,117 pa |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 05 Mehefin 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Preston, PR1 8UY |
| Cwmni: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7989141/351-CEN2529-CL |
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner in Preston East Community Mental Health Team.
The successful candidate will:
Several years post-qualification experience, ideally in a community mental health setting.
Manage a caseload of individuals with complex mental health problems.
Participate in the Duty system in managing clinical inquiries and emergencies which may be referred to the team at short notice.
Undertake assessment of patients referred to the CMHT by IRS.
Provide supervision to colleagues within the team.
Deputise if required for Team Manager in submitting reports, attending and/or chairing meetings.
Assist in rota planning to ensure the team continues to always function effectively.
Preston East CMHT, based at West Strand House in the heart of Preston, delivers assessment, care and treatment to a large, varied and culturally diverse population, bringing challenge but also reward. You will be a joining an experienced, resilient and welcoming team from a variety of backgrounds
To act as a key member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team ensuring the effective assessment, planning monitoring and evaluation of care given to service users with mild/moderate and severe and enduring mental illness under the Care Programme Approach process and ensuring the effective management and supervision of staff accountable to the post holder, whilst liaising with a wide range of multi-agency professionals.
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
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Wednesday 20 May 2026