Community Mental Health Lead Practitioner

Community Mental Health Lead Practitioner

Join and apply for the Community Mental Health Lead Practitioner role at Tokitan.

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Location:

Bognor Regis, England, United Kingdom (Bognor Neighbourhood Mental Health Team).

Qualified roles:
Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker.

Hours:

Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm.

Travel:
Applicants must travel independently across the locality and have suitable vehicle for business purposes.

Benefits: £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners (pro rata, subject to terms and conditions; see attached Protocol Document for details).

• Recognise potential signs of patient harm, abuse or neglect and take all reasonable steps to protect patients.
• Provide clinical advice on complex issues to other members of the clinical team and staff from other disciplines.
• Undertake urgent and priority assessments, including risk assessments.
• Make decisions and coordinate care in a crisis situation.
• Manage complex patients requiring urgent response when the Care Coordinator or Lead Professional is absent.
• Support the team in Intensive Home‑Based Treatment.
• Liaise with other services such as Police and A&E as required.
• Participate in setting quality standards and maintain a consistent approach within the team.
• Support the team in delivering interventions in accordance with the agreed care plan.
• Maintain an effective reporting system, observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.
• Support team members with specialist assessments, e.g. application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Knowledge of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Care Act s42 regarding Safeguarding Adults and Making Safeguarding Personal.
• Maintain professional standards of care at all times.

• Band 5 or newly qualified nurse with previous mental‑health experience, or a qualified Mental Health Practitioner (Mental Health Nurse, OT, Social Worker).
• Desire to develop into a community mental‑health role.
• Experience supporting service users with mental health problems (lived experience encouraged).
• Excellent communication skills with service users, carers, third‑sector providers, and internal/external agencies.
• Experience in duty work is an advantage.
• Robust induction, supervision, appraisal, and training experience.

The NHS is changing, with more emphasis on community‑based care. Over the next three years, community mental health services will undergo real transformation. Our clinicians will be central in driving these changes in partnership with primary and third‑sector colleagues.

We prioritise staff welfare, providing regular supervision, reflective practice, mentoring, and other support to ensure clinicians’ wellbeing.

If you are interested, please contact the Service Manager to discuss development opportunities.