Mental Health Practitioner – Positive Behaviour Support Team Job at Derby, England, United Kingdom Full Time NEW

The role requires strong team and multi-agency working. The post holder will be required to work in close communication with appropriate colleagues in health, education, social services, and voluntary agencies in the delivery of assessment and intervention to children and their families, and carers.

You will be required to work under the supervision of the PBS Team Lead and alongside other colleagues to provide and co-ordinate care of CYP admitted to the paediatric wards whose behaviours pose additional challenges.

• Offer individualised evidence-based assessment and intervention to CYP and families and contribute to multi-agency working to ensure safe and effective care in relation to their complex needs and presenting risks.
• Make clear plans of care and contribute to wider decisions on how best to support CYP during their acute hospital admission.
• Advise staff, contribute to staff training programmes and support quality improvement projects and service developments within the Trust.

Closing date of applications: 17th June 2026

Interview date: 01st July 2026

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Gemma Clemerson Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist and PBS Team Lead Email address: gemma.clemerson@nhs.net Telephone number: 01332 785407