Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 registered professional to work within the West Cumbria CTT.

The Band 5 Community Practitioner is responsible for delivering high-quality, person-centred care within CTT, supporting individuals living with a range of mental health needs in a community setting. The role involves working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to promote recovery, independence, and wellbeing, while reducing hospital admissions and supporting early discharge.

The post holder will manage a defined caseload, providing holistic assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care in line with evidence-based practice and organisational policies. Care is delivered in service users' homes, clinics, and other community settings, ensuring accessibility and continuity of care.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake comprehensive mental health and risk assessments, contributing to care planning and review processes
• Deliver therapeutic interventions in line with individual care plans, including psychosocial and recovery-focused approaches
• Monitor depot injections in clinic and community settings, ensuring safe practice and adherence to protocols
• Monitor mental state, medication concordance, and physical health, escalating concerns appropriately
• Develop and maintain therapeutic relationships to support engagement and promote recovery
• Work collaboratively with service users, carers, families, and partner agencies
• Participate in safeguarding processes and risk management, including crisis response where required

About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.

Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 7th October 2026

Closing date : 21st October 2026

We welcome your application.

Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential

• First Level Registration RMN/RNMH/RNLD Qualification
• Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of treatment plans
• Complete preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
• Multi-disciplinary team work.
• Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
• Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.

Desirable

• Further relevant post qualifying training
• Previous experience in a community setting.
• Experience of involving service users/ carers in evaluation/planning and monitoring of services

Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of mental health care and evidence based interventions.
• Understanding of the statutory issues which impact on service users.

Skills and Competencies
Essential

• Ability to use IT system
• Comprehensive continuous assessment of skills
• Risk Assessment skills.
• Risk Management and Safety Planning skills.
• Adaptability, flexibility, good communication skills and a commitment to multi-agency team work
• Time Management skills and ability to prioritise work load
• Provide evidence based therapeutic interventions.

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