Early Intervention in Psychosis - Senior Community Practitioner

Closing date: 17 August 2026

Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced mental health nurse, occupational therapist or social worker to join the York and Selby Early Intervention in Psychosis team as a senior practitioner. You will be joining a high performing, committed and supportive team working with people aged 14-65 who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis.

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

Please note this is a fixed term/secondment until August 2028.

This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. However, sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements, therefore, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit the UKVI Skilled Worker visa website.

Main duties of the job
Our senior practitioners manage a caseload of up 20 delivering psychologically informed interventions and case management alongside a multidisciplinary team including psychiatrists, psychologists, family therapist, CBT therapists, clinical specialists and occupational therapists. You will also support the assessment and duty function of the team.

We cover a large geographical area including Selby, Tadcaster, Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, the centre of York and surrounding areas. There is a requirement to be able to independently travel the locality.

You will be responsible for your own caseload including care planning, safety planning and delivering psychologically informed interventions, which will include working with families and carers. EIP teams across the Trust offer a comprehensive package of training to all clinicians to enable you to deliver the highest standard of care. You will also be trained to carry out specialist assessments for people with a first episode psychosis. Support and supervision is built into the working week and you will have access to clinical, managerial and caseload supervision as well as more specialist offers such as a reflecting teams space supported by our dedicated family therapist.

You will have a full induction into the role alongside regular appraisal and development reviews. We have an extensive in house training package that you can access as well as development opportunities within this highly specialist field of mental health care.

About us
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.

Details
Date posted: 03 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Compressed hours
Reference number: 346-NYA-122-26-A
Job locations: Huntington House, Jockey Lane, York, YO32 9XW, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
We would encourage potential applicants to make contact with the team and come and visit us to find out more about the role. Alternatively please see the attached job description and person specification.

Additional contact details: Matt Moore/Alannah Gatford, Clinical Specialists- 01904 464850

This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Current professional registration with an approved professional body
• Evidence of continued 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.
• 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at the time of applying
• Recognised sign off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent (willing to achieve)
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 or equivalent

Desirable

• Leadership or management qualification
• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area

Experience
Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Leadership or management experience
• Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community environment

Knowledge
Essential

• 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
• Research and development methodology
• Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment

Desirable

• The Trust's Quality Improvement Systems

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Huntington House, Jockey Lane, York, YO32 9XW, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
Team Manager: Mike Walker
Email: mike.walker7@nhs.net
Phone: 01904464850