Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Community Mental Health Practitioner
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Full Time - flexible working may be considered
1 x Professional Qualification - RMN and/or Social Worker (Desirable Criteria - Pharmaceutical knowledge of medications: particularly psychotropics, Clozapine and Lithium)
About the Role
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Mental Health Practitioner to join our Community Mental Health Team based at Pathways MHRC in Bamber Bridge.
We are a dynamic and innovative team who are committed to upholding the highest standards of care. Our service is built on strong values of collaboration, respect, and recovery, and we believe in working in true partnership with patients, carers, and families to form the Triangle of Care — ensuring everyone involved in a person’s care is listened to, supported, and included.
Responsibilities
As a Band 6 Keyworker, you will hold a defined caseload and deliver holistic, recovery-focused care to adults with complex and enduring mental health needs. Your responsibilities include:
- Delivering assessment, care planning, implementation, and review under the Care Programme Approach (CPA).
- Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to shared decision-making and holistic care.
- Supporting service users prescribed psychotropic medications, including Clozapine and Lithium, in line with Trust policy and national safety standards.
- Undertaking comprehensive risk assessments and developing collaborative management plans to promote safety and recovery.
- Delivering psychosocial interventions to promote independence, wellbeing, and recovery.
- Building and maintaining therapeutic relationships with service users, carers, and families, embedding the principles of the Triangle of Care.
- Liaising effectively with partner agencies, primary care, and voluntary sector organisations to ensure coordinated, person-centred care.
- Contributing to a positive, learning culture, promoting reflection, innovation, and adherence to professional and Trust values.
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Qualifications
A thorough understanding of psychotropic medications, including Clozapine and Lithium, is required as you will be responsible for supporting safe medication management and monitoring within community settings.
About Us
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
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Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
Flexible Working
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
Wellbeing
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Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: David Gardner
- Job title: Team Manager
- Email address: David.Gardner@lscft.nhs.uk
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