Mental Health Practitioner

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!

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced RMN, RGN, OT or Social Worker with relevant post-registration experience to join our team as a Mental Health Practitioner within the directorate of Adult Mental Health.

We provide a caring service to people over the age of 65 years who have complex organic and functional mental health needs, and people under the age of 65 with early onset dementia. Our specialist services have a locality focus within outpatients, CMHTs, Urgent Care Services and Inpatients, adopting a multi-disciplinary team approach.

You will have a clinical case load and work in collaboration with patients and their carers, visiting patients in their own homes and link in with neighbourhood teams, Adult social care and Primary Care Network. You will also work in the multidisciplinary team that will provide high quality mental health assessments, treatment programs and management of risks.

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 support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

For an informal chat, please contactMaarit Kiiski:

01162953150

maarit.kiiski@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

The CMHT is a well-established multi-disciplinary team, consisting of Consultant Psychiatrists, Nurses and Healthcare Support Workers, Occupational Therapists and Psychologists. The teams provide face-to-face assessments and care for service users referred via the Central Access Point, In-patients and Crisis Teams. We will deliver evidence based interventions/treatments and recovery focused approach.

The key skills required for these roles include the ability to demonstrate excellent on-going assessment, risk assessment and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential and the ability to work alone and as part of a wider team.

You will need to demonstrate enthusiasm and commitment to high quality care as well as possessing good therapeutic and interpersonal skills. You will engage in a regular clinical/managerial supervision and annual appraisal and you will lead and participate in the development of staff through their appraisal and clinical supervision.

A full driving licence is essential and a car-leasing scheme is in operation.

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

Neville Centre

Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road

Leicester

LE5 4PW

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

Neville Centre

Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road

Leicester

LE5 4PW

Employer's website

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

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