Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Job summary

Job Summary *THIS IS A 12 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT / SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITY*

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Occupational Therapist (OT), or Social Work professional to join our Exeter City Core CMHT as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a leadership role within a dynamic, innovative, and supportive multidisciplinary team, delivering high-quality care to adults with complex mental health needs. The post is full-time and substantive, with flexible and hybrid working options to support your professional and personal wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties & Responsibilities

  • Undertake complex assessments, risk management, and care planning for individuals with severe and enduring mental health conditions.
  • Act as a key worker under the Community Mental Health Framework, ensuring personalised, recovery-focused support and continuity of care.
  • Provide clinical leadership and supervision to junior staff and students.
  • Collaborate with internal and external partners to deliver integrated, person-centred services.
  • Support crisis management, safeguarding interventions, and multi-agency working.
  • Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
  • Maintain high standards of clinical documentation and compliance with governance protocols.
  • Participate in team leadership activities, including case discussions and operational planning.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A professional mental health qualification e.g. RMN, Social Work Degree or equivalent, BSc/Diploma in OT, SROT, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, on the appropriate professional body register and hold current registration with no restrictions.
  • Evidence of relevant continuing professional development

Desirable

  • Post graduate qualification relevant to specialism
  • Clinical Supervision qualification
  • Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff
  • Evidence of leadership/management training within a core service
  • Mentoring students in line with professional requirements

Knowledge

Essential

  • An understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
  • Knowledge of the Community Mental Health Framework and Personalised Care Framework

Desirable

  • Awareness of community structures and social care management responsibilities
  • Understanding of recovery principles in Mental Health

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive post registration experience working at band 5 in mental health care working
  • Evidence of acting as nurse in charge on a regular basis;
  • Experience of managing/leading a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health conditions
  • Experience of clinically supervising junior and unqualified staff and mentoring students
  • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.

Desirable

  • Participation in user involvement in services.
  • Experience in deputising for more senior staff
  • Evidence of following through specific pieces of work or projects as delegated by ward managers or others

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health problems.
  • Able to produce well written reports.
  • Ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals from various settings.
  • Ability to think and work independently/autonomously and with complex case load
  • Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions.
  • Ability to manage risk.
  • Able to plan creatively to maximise effectiveness of care plans.
  • Able to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Ability to manage own time and that of the teams.
  • Ability to work flexibly.
  • Excellent clinical assessment skills.

Desirable

  • Ability to be mobile across a geographical area.
  • Computer literacy.
  • Ability to manage change in a positive manner.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 15 November 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.