# Mental Health Practitioner - People Flexi-Bank **Company**: Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust **Location**: Various locations across Surrey and Northeast Hampshire **Salary**: £17.36 **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9384-26-0967?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/job/mental-health-practitioner-people-flexi-bank-b4254ad2-4f0/ ## Description The Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams across Surrey and Northeast Hampshire in the Brief Interventions; Complex Needs and Later Life Pathways' is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner to join our team. The team is moving through a transition to an All-Age Neighbourhood Mental Health Team to provide more joined up mental health care for our community. As part of our multi-disciplinary team, the successful applicant will deliver comprehensive assessments and a variety of approaches, interventions, and treatments to individuals experiencing severe and enduring mental health issues, supporting them in their personal recovery journey. As a MHP, you will work within a neighborhood team, partnering with statutory, voluntary, and community sector organisations to deliver a coordinated, person-centered approach to care. **Main duties of the job** - Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments and risk assessments - Deliver evidence-based nursing interventions and treatment plans - Act as a Care Coordinator/Lead Professional for individuals with complex mental health needs - Work collaboratively with patients, carers, families, and partner agencies - Promote recovery-focused and person-centred care - Contribute to safeguarding, risk management, and clinical governance requirements - Support service development and quality improvement initiatives - Demonstrate good communications skills and able to work collaboratively within a multi-agency team **Benefits** We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. **Job responsibilities** - To discharge professional responsibilities under the Mental Health Act (1983)/ updated version December 2025 and revised subsequent act Mental Capacity Act (2005) and the NMC Professional Code of Conduct - Be accountable and responsible for a defined caseload that reflects the priorities of the local population and carry responsibility for the assessment of care needs under the supervision of the CPN Clinical Lead - To develop, implement and evaluate evidence-based programmes of care; set standards of care and liaise with other agencies, particularly in relation to people discharged under the Care Programme Approach - Take on the role of care coordinator/care manager to service users subject to the Care Programme Approach, as in line with Local and National Policy - Participate in the multi-disciplinary assessment of individuals with mental health problems living in the community, by providing a community mental health nursing perspective and expertise - Ensure that a risk assessment is completed for service users in partnership with service user, carer and families as in accordance with the guidance no one gets better on their own - To adhere to professional confidentiality standards - To be aware of the potential for vulnerability to abuse amongst the service users/families, and use of the local policy to inform appropriate personnel in line with safeguarding vulnerable adults and children and SABP Policies - Ensure that a carers assessment is offered to carers of service users, as in line with Standard 6 of the National Service Framework - Help develop and maintain effective joint working arrangements with colleagues in the community mental health services, residential services, primary health care, social services and voluntary services, thus facilitating the co-ordination and comprehensiveness of provision - Utilise the full range of mental health nursing skills to participate in the assessment, care and support of service users - Use specialised knowledge, experience and skills in direct clinical work and act as a resource for the team and other agencies - Participate in the provision of community mental health nursing advice and consultation to colleagues, community groups and organisations - Promote the recovery model to the people who use the service and their carers - To act in a manner to respect customs, individuality, values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs, actively supporting the individual to fulfil these - Ensure detailed and appropriate records are maintained to demonstrate that contact with people who use services, and their carers, is meaningful and effective - To assess, plan, implement and evaluate clinical care of patients/clients and /or provide specialised advice in relation to care of patients/clients - To follow policies in own role in accordance to trust / NMC and other regulatory bodies, may be required to comment on policies, procedures or possible developments - To be responsible for clinical supervision of less experienced clinical support workers or students - To maintain patient/client records in accordance with NMC regulations and Trust policies - To actively participate in the Patient Safety Incident Framework (PSIRF) process by reporting, reviewing and contributing to learning from incident to improve care quality and Safety - To engage in the complaint management process by responding professionally, supporting investigations and implementing actions to address concerns and enhance service delivery For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/). ## Skills ### Required - Mental Health Act - Mental Capacity Act - NMC Professional Code of Conduct - comprehensive mental health assessments - evidence-based nursing interventions - Care Coordinator - recovery-focused and person-centred care --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9384-26-0967?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)