Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner - PDCS Duty Team

Opportunity available for a Registered Mental health Nurse to work within the PDCS Duty Team, Cambridge

The team sits within an the PDCS Duty Team with the role predominantly providing PDCS DUTY and assessment/review appointments.

As part of this role is to ensure duty support is available to all clients on our treatment waiting list and those in active treatment.

Duty practitioners cover all 4 localities, Cambridge, Fenland, Huntingdon and Peterborough.

There may not be a duty practitioner based in each area however there is a lot of support within the service and decisions are that of the team rather than a team member.

There is frequent supervision and reflection and a great opportunity to increase experience and confidence in this area.

You will be meet every morning and discuss any concerns or queries, incoming work, share information and concerns.

A “crisis handover” is subsequently completed whereby an outline of the client, summary of recent events or presentation and any actions.

Actions may be graded red /amber/green dependent upon actions required and urgency of the action/ clinical presentation.

At the end of the day, the team has a teams call debrief and welfare check

This role is to commence ASAP and will be full time

The hourly rate for for this role is:

Monday to Friday 06:00 - 20:00: £25.50 Per Hour
Saturdays / Nights: £28.50 Per Hour
Sunday / Bank Holidays: £31.50 Per Hour

The Benefits of working with Service Care Solutions:

We offer a £250 sign up bonus for any new nurses that register with our agency.

This will be paid in your first pay packet.

Please also bear in mind our £250 referral fee bonus for any nurse you refer who we place in to work on a 3 month contract.

• DBS disclosures provided via fast track online services free of charge


• 3 weekly payroll runs


• £250 training allowance


• Excellent pay rates


• Specialist mental health consultants offering single point of contact


• Frequent notifications of upcoming opportunities via text and email


• Ltd and PAYE payment options available


• Nationwide provider of mental health staff to over 40 different NHS Trusts and over 200 local authorities.

If you are interested in applying please contact Scott Marsh on 01772 208963 or send your CV to scott.marsh@servicecare.org.uk