Mental Health Practitioner/CPN - Intensive Home Treatment Team

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Mental Health Practitioner/CPN - Intensive Home Treatment Team

Job summary
This is a part time permanent Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse position within the Older People Care Unit - Intensive Home Treatment Team in Mansfield and Ashfield.

The team supports individuals aged 65 and over who are experiencing a range of mental health conditions, including dementia, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, anxiety, and depression.

IHTT aims to give people the choice and ability to live as independently as possible, based on the belief that individuals experiencing mental health difficulties are entitled to the highest quality of care.

Our service is delivered in people's own homes, with a strong focus on preventing unnecessary admission to hospital or residential care. We provide intensive support for up to 8 weeks in the patient's home, helping to optimise mental health, promote recovery, and maintain independence.

As part of our dynamic and fast-paced multi-disciplinary team, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care while contributing to innovative ways of working.

Our team brings together a wide range of professionals, including Consultants, Psychologists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Support Workers, who collaborate to provide holistic and specialist care for older people with complex, high-risk mental health needs.

Main duties of the job
You will act as a care coordinator, managing a caseload of patients and providing high-quality, person-centred care. Your role will include supporting the team's daily duty function, responding to patient and carer enquiries, and conducting initial assessments for new referrals into the service.

The Intensive Home Treatment Team operates 7 days a week, from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, including weekends and bank holidays, and you will be required to work flexibly within these hours as part of the rota.

You will work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to care planning and clinical discussions to ensure safe and effective care. Accurate and timely documentation is essential, and you will be responsible for maintaining comprehensive clinical records, as well as reporting incidents and safeguarding concerns in line with Trust policy.

Your approach will be holistic and recovery-focused, involving families and carers wherever appropriate to support positive outcomes. You will also work closely with colleagues to review and manage the overall caseload and contribute to ongoing service development and improvement.

About us
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

Details
Closing date: 16 August 2026
Date posted: 03 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum (pro rata for part time)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 186-674-26-MH
Job locations: Heather House, 72 Portland Street, Kirkby in Ashfield, NG17 7AG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Provide intensive, community-based mental health support for older adults (65+) with complex conditions including dementia and other mental health diagnoses helping them stay in their own homes and avoiding unnecessary hospital or residential admission.
• Conduct specialist assessments and deliver tailored interventions, all rooted in the Care Programme Approach for improved, personalised patient care.
• Carry out follow-up assessments within 72 hours of patient discharge from inpatient settings.
• Respond urgently: Patients receive an assessment at home within 1248 hours, with support typically lasting up to 8 weeks.
• Provide clinical leadership, including education, supervision, and support for junior staff and students.
• Triage of referrals, provision of initial assessments and one-to-one interventions with service users.
• Devise and implement treatment plans for service users.
• Demonstrate the application of specialist skills and knowledge in order to maintain professional competence and fitness to practice as a nurse practitioner.
• Establish and maintain robust communication networks with clients, carers, team members, other health care and social care workers within urgent care and the community
• Support discharge and onward referrals

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Please note that this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled worker visa.

Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Professional Qualification (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities/General) to degree level or equivalent
• Maintains current registration with the NMC or equivalent registration.

Desirable

• Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration
• Further specialist knowledge/post registration experience in specific service area or other formal training

Contractual Requirements
Essential

• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
• Ability to work to meet the needs to the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays)

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation
• Knowledge and understanding of clinical risk assessment and management
• Knowledge of evidence based approaches to practice

Desirable

• Awareness of national and local policy impacting on nursing care
• Knowledge of Management Approaches
• Demonstrates good knowledge of medication administration

Skills
Essential

• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Good written/oral communication skills
• Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic
• Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
• Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care.
• Clinical supervision skills
• IT skills

Experience
Essential

• Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
• Specialist and area specific experience

Desirable

• The ability to deal with and resolve conflict

Values and Behaviours
Essential

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

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: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Heather House, 72 Portland Street, Kirkby in Ashfield, NG17 7AG, United Kingdom

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Team Leader: Carla Jackson
Email: View email address on meeveem.com
Telephone: View phone number on meeveem.com