Band 5 Mental Health Nurse - CAMHS Outpatient Team

Job summary

We are looking for motivated, proactive, enthusiastic, and compassionate professionals to be part of our well-established specialist CAMHS community multi-disciplinary team.

The post is suitable for newly qualified practitioners, and you will be able to complete your preceptorship in post and the team will offer enhanced supervision and training to support you in your new role.

The CAMHS Community service is continually developing and exploring ways to increase clinical expertise to offer a wider range of therapies.

To meet the needs of the children, young people, and their families, we will offer training to ensure staff are skilled to a standard. We are also able to offer a rolling training programme for all staff.

The candidate should have a good understanding of mental health needs, have excellent communication skills, be self-motivated and organised and adopt a reflective and flexible approach to working with children and young people and the systems around them (parents, carers, school etc.).

You will be offered a trust and team inductions where you will be supported to build on your existing knowledge and skills. We provide a supportive and caring environment that prioritises space for reflection and supervision.

At LPT, we believe that everyone is a leader, and will offer opportunities for you to nurture and further develop your leadership skills and abilities alongside your clinical skills and practice.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for assessing, planning, and implementing evidence-based care with children, young people, and their families, under the guidance of your supervisor and the clinical team, that align with local and national guidelines. This includes information, support, signposting, and advice about managing mental health.

• The post holder will be responsible for providing evidence based mental health interventions for children, young people, and their families, up to 18 years.
• Work within an MDT setting
• Risk assess and plan care for young people
• Promoting and participating in group work intervention.
• Work collaboratively, and promote effective working relationships, with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective clinical decision-making, internally and with external agencies.

We are a friendly, welcoming, and supportive team and encourage enthusiastic applicants to apply.

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

The Valentine Centre

Gorse Hill Hospital Site

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE7 7GX

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

The Valentine Centre

Gorse Hill Hospital Site

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE7 7GX

Employer's website

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

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