Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-BAY906-ZK
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- L7F9 L0406 RITT Lancaster & Morecambe (65+)
- Town
- Lancaster
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Mental Health Practitoner
Band 6
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
An interesting and varied full time vacancy has become available for an innovative and dynamic Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to work in the Integrated Lancaster and Morecambe Older Adult Mental Health Service. The role will be primarily in the RITT team. The post is for 37.5 hours a week.
The successful candidate will have sound clinical and leadership skills, be enthusiastic about the role and its development and be driven to provide excellent mental health services to the local older adult population.
Ideally applicants should have experience of working with older adults with mental health needs and the ability to lead on assessment and provide treatment plans. They should also have excellent communication skills.
Main duties of the job
To undertake mental health assessments including Risk assessments within a multi-disciplinary assessment team. Working closely with the Consultant Psychiatrist, thus ensuring that there is a multidisciplinary team approach
To be proficient in referring to other clinicians within the service or referring to other services/agencies where necessary.
To provide a fast, responsive service to assess individuals needs for access into mental health services
Providing a communication structure between GP’s, NHS talking therapies and other services in LSCFT, non-statuary service, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care
To provide mentoring and clinical supervision to other staff and trainees on placement.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information regarding this vacancy please review the detailed job description and person specification attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (e.g. RMN/Dip SW/OT)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- In-depth knowledge of mental health problems
- In-depth knowledge of issues that impact upon people with mental health problems
- Detailed knowledge of the impact of risk and protective factors that affect people with mental health problems
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post qualification clinical work with service users experiencing a range of mental health problems
- Experience of delivering evidence based interventions in a time-limited framework
- Evidence of assessment across a broad range of mental health problems.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Linda Dickens
- Job title
- Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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