Mental Health Practitioner

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Therapy Service for People with Personality Disorder (TSPPD/FDL). The role involves working with people with complex emotional needs/personality disorder and compassion toward this patient group is essential. A working knowledge of this patient group is also required.

You will be working at Gwendolen House and working with Leicestershire Planned Treatment and Recovery Teams ,as part of the pathway for adults who present with moderate to severe difficulties associated with Personality Disorder. The role will initially be to support the City area although this is subject to change in line with transformation/ service need .

The role will be delivering groups in line with our shortened Structured clinical management programme, and later into the full SCM programme.

You will be working within sub-teams which include senior clinical staff, assistant psychology staff and peer support workers to work collaboratively with service users.

Within the service, there is a high level of support, supervision, CPD and training to support staff to provide the treatment options the service offers and this will be provided once you join the team.

We are advertising for one full-time position and flexible working requests will be considered in line with the needs of service delivery.

A core profession is essential - Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, physiotherapist or psychologist.

Main duties of the job

As part of the wider team, you will be involved in referral management meeting, initial assessment of people coming into the service and detailed pre-treatment assessments- which includes formulation in line with the 5 p's and safety planning.

The role also involves delivering treatments within groups and the individual sessions which form part of the Structured Clinical Management treatment pathway.

Risk assessment / management and safeguarding will also be a part of the role in line with LPT policies and procedures.

We will be working with the locality team and part of this role will be to act as a link with that CMHT and spend time with your allocated area in order to build relationships and as part of collaborative working. You will also be an advocate for people with personality disorder.

We plan to run 2-3 shortened SCM groups within each locality in order to proactively manage the large waiting list for treatment. The service is also planning the development of a 12-18-month SCM group for those with more complex needs.

There is also collaborative working with staff working in the MBT treatment pathway such as the Therapeutic Community and Mentalisation Based intervention programme as part of the overall TSPPD service .

There is support in place to manage treatment group dynamics, this involves detailed planning and supervision to ensure that groups are being run in line with the SCM stance.

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.

Date posted

02 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9313-24-0494

Job locations

Leicestershire Health Headquarters

Gwendolen Road

Leicester

LE5 4QF

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge and skills

Essential

Emotional resilience.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to demonstrate leadership and work effectively with others
Demonstrates initiative and ability to work independently, able to problem solve and prioritise own and others work.
Demonstrates planning and organisational skills.
Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility dependent upon work priorities.
Able to make judgements based on evidence based practice and translate this for use in the clinical team environment.
To be able to demonstrate understanding of current developments in the NHS and their implications for leadership and quality care for clients/service users.
Ability to operate a computer to use standard Office programmes and Electronic Patient Record Systems.
Commitment to Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles.
Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection.

Desirable

Own transport or suitable alternative. Dependence on public transport is not suitable for this role.

Qualifications

Essential

Current professional registration mental health nurse.
Evidence of continued professional development and training.

Desirable

Evidence of relevant post graduate registration training and
development in particular motivational interviewing, brief solution focussed interventions, cognitive and behavioural approaches and psychosocial interventions.

Experience

Essential

Significant post registration/qualification experience of working with service users with complex mental health needs.
Significant experience of undertaking comprehensive mental health assessments.
post registration experience of at least 3 years.
Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality service user centred care and patient education

Desirable

Experience of working within a team and in particular a community mental health team.
Experience of working with service users within a group.

Person Specification

Knowledge and skills

Essential

Emotional resilience.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to demonstrate leadership and work effectively with others
Demonstrates initiative and ability to work independently, able to problem solve and prioritise own and others work.
Demonstrates planning and organisational skills.
Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility dependent upon work priorities.
Able to make judgements based on evidence based practice and translate this for use in the clinical team environment.
To be able to demonstrate understanding of current developments in the NHS and their implications for leadership and quality care for clients/service users.
Ability to operate a computer to use standard Office programmes and Electronic Patient Record Systems.
Commitment to Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles.
Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection.

Desirable

Own transport or suitable alternative. Dependence on public transport is not suitable for this role.

Qualifications

Essential

Current professional registration mental health nurse.
Evidence of continued professional development and training.

Desirable

Evidence of relevant post graduate registration training and
development in particular motivational interviewing, brief solution focussed interventions, cognitive and behavioural approaches and psychosocial interventions.

Experience

Essential

Significant post registration/qualification experience of working with service users with complex mental health needs.
Significant experience of undertaking comprehensive mental health assessments.
post registration experience of at least 3 years.
Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality service user centred care and patient education