Job summary
Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!
West Leicestershire CMHT are offering an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, positive, and willing to learn. We would be happy to consider applications from experienced Band 5 Mental Health nurses.
The team is friendly, dynamic and constantly evolving to offer the best support and treatment to patients within our local community. Be part of an exciting and truly multi-disciplinary approach to patient care. Work alongside a variety of Professionals within the Team and external agencies including GPs, Mental Health Facilitators, Mental Health Practitioners, Social Services and theVoluntary Sector, to obtain the best recovery possible for our patients.
The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and ad hoc support. You will also be given opportunities to access relevant training opportunities as you progress within your career.
For an informal chat or further information, please contact Asha Auckloo on 07796445292 .
Main duties of the job
As a CPN you will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to achieve best mental health recovery for our patients.
You will be responsible for a caseload of patients of your own to support, guide and ultimately enable independence of the patients.
CPN's also conduct thorough assessments and complete clinical triages to support the team manage incoming referrals.
CPN's participate in the Duty Rota where you act as single point of contact for patient enquiries on the day.
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. Relevant profession qualification RMN, or equivalent
2. Experience in the delivery of psychosocial/psychologically informed treatments and or CBT approaches
3. Evidence of post basic training and development
Experience
Essential
4. Experience of working in a mental health setting.