Mental Health Practitioner
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
The closing date is 27 October 2024
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!
Social and practical interventions to promote partnerships between health, social and voluntary sectors and to access the resources of these agencies. Capable of identifying and collaborating with a range of local specialist and non-specialist community resources available to service users and their carers to assist them to maintain quality of life.
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.
In addition to the above, we also offer: A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days. 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.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be tasked with performing comprehensive assessments of patient nursing needs, planning, implementing and evaluating care delivery according to changing health care needs.
Taking responsibility for the care needs of individual and groups of clients/service users. To collect, collate and fully accurately report patient information, maintaining accurate complete and contemporaneous nursing records in line with NMC / HCPC and Trust standards, involving clients/service users and carers / relatives in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care.
The post holder will co-ordinate, organise and prioritise their own work and where appropriate the work of the nursing team on a day to day basis. Supervising others and participating in their education and development. Contribute to the development of services, new ways of working and the implementation of change. We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About us
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 cri
Date posted
26 September 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
001503
Job locations
Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Glenfield Hospital
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE3 9EJ
Employer details
Employer name
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Glenfield Hospital
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE3 9EJ
Employer's website
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