Job summary
Come andjoin Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety ofchallenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamicwork environment!
It is an exciting time for mental health services inLeicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Our community mental health offer isundergoing a major transformation and we are searching for people with a rangeof skills and a passion to deliver great mental health services.
City West CMHT are looking for a qualified individual who has experience of supporting individuals with a range of complex mental healthneeds. Ideal candidates will also have experience of working with amulti-disciplinary team to support individuals and groups of people to recoverand gain skills to maintain their mental health and well-being.
We want individuals working in our teams to demonstrate acommitment to a recovery approach and working collaboratively with the peoplewho use our services. We are also looking for people who can developrelationships and work in an integrated way with a range of practitioners fromoutside of the NHS including primary care, social care and thevoluntary-community sector.
In return we offer a robust induction, supportive supervision and ongoing training opportunities. We are very a supportive team that always help each other out and help you to develop your career.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for organising and planning own caseload as an autonomous practitioner and monitoring those of other team members to meet patient priorities and service needs ( peer audits). To also work in a multi-disciplinary framework and to prioritise and organise workload effectively and use time management skills which may result in the requirement to readjust plans as situations change/arise such as crisis needs of patients/tribunal reports and Mental Health Act meetings.
The post holder will respond to referrals from Primary care, outpatient and ward settings by undertaking comprehensive assessments of patients who may have complex needs (Mental Health, physical, emotional & psychosocial) using investigative, analytical and clinical reasoning skills to provide accurate reports of their condition and to feed this back to the professionals involved in their care both written and verbally.
To receive clinical supervision on a monthly basis and supervise and co-ordinate less experienced staff and students working with the post holder, ensuring the standards of good practice are consistently achieved through leadership and supervision whilst providing advice, training and education to other members of the MDT/colleagues regarding nursing and evidence based interventions
About us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse
Desirable
2. Previous community experience would be desirable
Experience
Essential
3. Relevant profession qualification RMN, or equivalent
4. Experience in the delivery of psychosocial/psychologically informed treatments
5. Evidence of post basic training and development
6. Demonstrate the ability to: assess, plan, implement, evaluate and review packages of care as the Care Co-Ordinator/Lead Professional
7. Post registration experience working in mental health
8. Experience of working under pressure and managing own time
9. Excellent communication skills and an ability to work with other professionals, carers and organisations
Desirable
10. Previous experience working in a community setting