Job Overview Mental Health Practitioner Band 5 An exciting opportunity has arise for a band 5 nurse to work as a Mental Health Practitioner within the Assertive Outreach Service (AO). AO is a tertiary service who take referrals from secondary mental health services. We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed, hardworking individual to join the tea. You will work under the guidance of the Senior Practitioner as a member of the MDT providing community services to adults with enduring mental health difficulties in their own homes. You will hold a caseload and be responsible for the assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation of care. You must have excellent communication ski8lls and be able to communicate with a wide range of people. We offer a hybrid model of base and home working, a robust induction, supervision and ongoing training. There are excellent opportunities with adult mental health community for promotion and career progression. The working pattern for the post will be Monday to Sunday 9.00am to 5.00pm. Applicants must be car drivers/owners. A salary sacrifice car scheme is available. We also offer: A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days, increasing to 29 days after 5 years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service Free onsite parking Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance Health and Wellbeing Support Staff Support Networks More information on this job please contact Dawn Holding (dawn.holding@nhs.net) Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities) Main duties of the job The successful candidate will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care for service users who are referred to the Assertive Outreach Service, including the assessment and management of risk, working within a psychosocial / family centred framework when assessing and planning individual packages of care. Whilst being responsible for organising and planning your work as an autonomous practitioner managing your time effectively and liaising closely with other agencies and disciplines. The post holder will undertake the role of Key worker for a case load of service users with complex mental health problems who are difficult to engage and require intensive packages of care, developing therapeutic relationships with service users in order to provide support and assistance. To administer and monitor the effects and adverse effects of prescribed medication and liaise with medical staff regarding any necessary adjustments in medication. To offer advice / information to clients and carers in regard to prescribed medications. To possess enhanced communication skills to be able to communicate with service users and cares who are experiencing psychotic symptoms and may be in distress and following a period of preceptorship to work with people who are detained under a Community Treatment Order completing formal tribunal/hospital managers reports for people detained under a section of the MHA or a Community treatment Order. More information can be found on the Job description. We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. 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 serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. 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 can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. 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.