Senior Practitioner - Early Intervention in Psychosis

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 06 March 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced mental health clinician to work with the York and Selby Early Intervention in Psychosis service. This is a 12 month post to cover maternity leave.

Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.

You will work alongside an experienced and committed multidisciplinary team delivering care coordination and psychosocial interventions to people aged 14-65 experiencing a first episode of psychosis. EIP teams typically have smaller caseloads than core mental health services enabling our care coordinators to work with a high degree of autonomy and flexibility.

You will have access to individual and group clinical, caseload and management supervision and appraisal. We also offer bespoke psychologically informed consultations for complex patients and families.

We cover a large geographical area therefore there is a requirement of the post holder to be able to independently travel the locality.

The team take pride in the compassionate and caring culture with shared responsibility for delivering high quality patient care. We work hard to look after ourselves and each other.

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

• Current professional registration with an approved professional body.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
• Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
• 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area

• Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a care environment.
• Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
• Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate.
• Mentoring or facilitating students on practice placement.
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Quality improvement activities.
• Leadership or management experience.
• Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community environment.

• Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for patients in the designated field.
• Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
• Care Programme Approach and its application in practice.
• Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice.
• Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
• Clinical Governance and its application in practice.

• Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional / care co-ordinator responsibilities
• Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
• Write reports.
• Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings.
• Use approved breakaway techniques.

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…