Mental Health Practitioner

Overview

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for the role of Mental Health Practitioner - IMHT Tamworth. The closing date is 27 October 2025.

Band 5 - Community Mental Health Nurse/ Occupational Therapist

Are you a Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or Occupational Therapist looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join our Staffordshire Adult Integrated Mental Health Team - Mercian based at Cherry Orchard, Tamworth.

As an experienced Community Mental Health Nurse from the NHS or private sector, you'll join a team that works in close partnership with Staffordshire Police and Mental Health Services, and you'll join a Trust that puts people at the heart of what we do.

Your career with us will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

It's a career that you can take pride in and enjoy, and together we can make life better for our communities.

Main duties of the job

- Working in an identified adult community mental health pathway, with the flexibility of working across pathways, dependent on skill and service need.
- Delivering a high quality clinical service to patients and their families.
- Care coordination of an identified caseload with access to regular and robust supervision.
- Delivering nursing interventions, in accordance with an agreed care plan, to an identified group of people experiencing mental health related difficulties

You will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and contributing to; the formulation of the person's needs and the development of a relevant plan based upon the person's negotiated goals and relevant evidence based interventions. You will, in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, provide nursing interventions to support the person to meet their agreed goals and coordinate and/ or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, utilising recommended outcome measures, involving the service user and any identified carer throughout the clinical pathway.

About us

Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Job responsibilities

Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:

Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

The Integrated Mental Health teams work as part of a 'neighbourhood' offering place based provision of mental health services in partnership with other local organisations. Clinicians within the IMHT will offer interventions and treatments which are concordant with NICE guidelines, and allocation within the team will be based on the needs of the service user, matching clinician skills to service user needs.

The post holder, in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, will provide nursing interventions to support the person to meet their agreed goals and coordinate and/ or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, utilising recommended outcome measures, involving the service user and any identified carer throughout the clinical pathway.

Working Monday to Friday 9am 5pm and requires travel across a large geographical area, access to suitable transport is required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

- Registered Mental Health Nurse and active on NMC Register or Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration
- Conforms to NMC requirements
- BSc degree in nursing or equivalent level
- Psychological intervention Qualification including EMDR, CBT, CBTp, Family Interventions, CAT, DBT

Experience

- Experience of working with people experiencing mental health related difficulties.
- Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs.
- Experience of assessing, planning, coordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting.
- Ability to access any local resources and to use networking where possible
- Experience of working in community setting and making decisions autonomously

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.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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