Home Based Treatment Practitioner

Site The Gateway, Blackpool FC Stadium Town Blackpool Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum (subject to confirmation) Salary period Yearly Closing 22/07/2026 23:59

As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
• Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Extensive community physical health and well‑being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long‑term condition management.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.

This is an exciting and new opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Practitioner to join the Home Based Treatment Team within the Fylde coast locality on a developmental post, the successful candidate will start as a Band 5 and works towards achieving a competency framework to allow progression to Band 6.

The Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) offers 7 day support to service users, and their families/carers, who are suffering from mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute inpatient environment. There is a strong focus on the recovery model, providing therapeutic interventions and risk management skills to allow care to be provided within a community setting.

The Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) are always striving towards excellence in service delivery, ensuring quality is at the forefront of all we do.

Successful applicants will be provided with a full induction to the team and will have regular clinical supervision sessions and an opportunity to complete their appraisal focusing on their personal and career development. Furthermore the successful candidate will have the opportunity to be supported by a mentor within the team to support meeting competency frameworks set to become a band 6 practitioner within the HBTT.

For further information about the role please contact on the details provided below.

You will be a mental health (MH) practitioner working within a multidisciplinary team and carry out a diverse range of duties.

You will be expected to work across a 7 day service covering day shifts.
The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward thinking with the ability to work as part of a Team and in partnership with local services, there will be an expectation that the successful applicant will undertake night duty and uphold the Trust values at all times.

As a Band 5 MH practitioner within the team you will be regularly supported and supervised by a nominated Band 6 Nurse and you will be encouraged to take personal responsibility for clinical supervision and your continued professional development plan.

You will actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and Code of Conduct.

You will provide support to the nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care given to service users.

You will exercise professional accountability and responsibility using skills, knowledge and expertise in changing environments, across clinical boundaries and in unfamiliar situations as outlined within the NMC Code of Professional…