About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join our dynamic Locality Mental Health Team, providing high-quality, recovery-focused care to adults with complex and enduring mental health needs. You will work both autonomously and as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, delivering evidence-based interventions that promote safety, wellbeing, and independence.
As a key member of the team, you will hold a defined caseload, act as a lead HCP and deputise for the team manager when required. You will play an active role in assessment, formulation, risk management, and collaborative care planning, ensuring that service users and carers are at the centre of decision-making.
You will be an experienced and confident practitioner with:
Professional registration (RMN, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist).
Strong clinical assessment, formulation, and risk-management skills.
Experience working with adults with complex mental health needs in community or acute settings.
A commitment to trauma-informed, recovery-focused, and co-produced approaches.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
Confidence in managing competing demands in a fast-paced community environment.
Motivation to contribute to service development, quality improvement, and positive team culture.
Main duties of the job
Comprehensive assessment -- Undertake biopsychosocial assessments, formulation, and risk assessments for adults referred to the service.
Case management -- Manage an allocated caseload, developing person-centred care plans in line with the LMHT SOP and Framework.
Risk management -- Lead on dynamic risk assessment, crisis planning, and safety interventions.
Therapeutic interventions -- Deliver evidence-based interventions, including psychological, psychosocial, and recovery-focused approaches.
Duty work -- Participate in the team's duty rota, responding to urgent referrals and supporting crisis presentations.
Multidisciplinary collaboration -- Work closely with psychiatry, psychology, social care, primary care, and voluntary sector partners.
Clinical documentation -- Maintain accurate, timely, and professional records in line with Trust and NMC/HCPC standards.
Service development -- Contribute to quality improvement, transformation initiatives, and trauma-informed, recovery-oriented practice.
Supervision and support -- Provide supervision, mentorship, and support to junior staff and students.
Safeguarding -- Uphold safeguarding responsibilities for adults and children, working within statutory frameworks.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today:
Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Rachel Bradley, via email at [email protected] or by telephone 01754 800200
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Relevant experience of working with adults with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both community/in-patient. Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses Evidence of continuing professional development
Skills and Competences Essential
Sound knowledge of national agenda for mental health. Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Goverance principles. Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team. Ability to work independently and collectively. Highly developed clinical reasoning skills Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes Highly developed communication skills.
Qualifications Essential
Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice. Registered with a professional body e.g. NMC, UKCP, HCPC, BACP Recognised Professional Qualification in Registered Nursing (RMN,RLDN), Social Worker (CQSW, DipSW), Occupational Therapy RVN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent. ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice Mentorship Module (degree level)
Desirable
Management training
Special Requirements Essential
Ability to travel independently across the county
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address Holly Lodge
9 The Meadows
Skegness
PE25 2JA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)