Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a CMHT that takes pride in what we do. We provide holistic and person-centred mental health services for people over 65 with functional and organic conditions and for people under 65 with cognitive impairment. The CMHT is a well-established multi-disciplinary team, consisting of Consultant Psychiatrists, Mental Health Practitioners (nurses and social workers) and Health Care Support Workers, Occupational Therapists and Psychologists. The teams provide face to face assessments and care for service users referred via GP, the Central Access Point, In-patients, and Crisis Teams. The key skills required for these roles include the ability to demonstrate excellent on-going assessment, risk assessment and problem-solving skills and excellent communication skills.

The team covers a catchment area of Melton, Rutland and Market Harborough.

We are accepting part and full time applications.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an exceptional Band 5 who is able to demonstrate their clinical experience in managing different mental health conditions. We are looking for an individual who is committed and motivated to improving patient experience and care and contribute to team building and staff development. You would be expected to manage a caseload of both functional and organic patients. The post will involve supporting your colleagues and supervising student nurses. The successful candidate will be able demonstrate the same core values as our organisation; Compassion, Respect, Trust, and Integrity in all aspects of their work.

Preceptorship is available for newly qualified staff.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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