CYPMHS Practitioner

Overview

In this role you will deliver highly specialist, evidence-based care for children and young people within a multidisciplinary team. You will contribute to clinical and nursing input, coordinate care, and support safeguarding, risk management, and assessments. You will lead and participate in case discussions, service meetings, and supervision, helping to drive service innovation and cross-team collaboration. This is an opportunity to shape CYPMHS delivery across clinic and outreach settings within HPFT’s outstanding mental health services.

Pay / Benefits

• Permanent contract
• Band 7 salary £50,008–£56,908 per year (with 5% HCAS)
• Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
• Opportunity for professional development and supervision
• NHS Trust with outstanding Care Quality Commission rating
• Community and inpatient service delivery

Responsibilities

• Contribute to nursing input and clinical leadership within the team
• Participate in referral and allocation processes, assessments and interventions
• Manage risk and safeguarding for children, young people, and vulnerable adults
• Coordinate care across caseloads and deliver highly specialist assessments
• Lead and/or participate in MDTs with clinical sign-off
• Provide consultation and supervision to colleagues, students, and partner staff
• Support service development and innovative projects with junior staff
• Engage in supervision, appraisal, and professional development (e.g., nurse prescribing)
• Collaborate with other professionals and external agencies to build early identification and management capacity

Key requirements

• Professional and accredited qualification (nurse, social worker, clinical psychologist, child and adolescent psychotherapist, or systemic psychotherapist)
• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
• Willingness to undertake further training as appropriate
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Extensive experience in CYPMHS and mental health context
• Experience in multidisciplinary teamwork and liaison with external agencies
• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental disorders (ASD, ADHD) and child protection policies

• Leadership
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Evidence-based interventions for CYPMHS
• Care coordination and risk management
• Formulations and treatment planning

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