Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 04 July 2025
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!
The Care Homes In-Reach Team started as a pilot project to care homes. The teams remit has been to carry out a holistic assessment with detailed observations and assessment of behaviour, environment, and care approach in order to formulate a support plan for the individual and the care home. Our aims are to improve quality of life for people with dementia in care homes, to support care homes in delivering safe and effective individualised care and to prevent inappropriate hospital admission.
In November 2014 the team was extended to provide a mental health service to our Community Hospitals. It is now the MHSOP In-Reach Team.
Our work within Care Homes continues as before.
The team is based at the Neville Centre on the Leicester General Hospital Site and covers the City, County and Rutland. It consists of Consultant Psychiatrists, Registered Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Health Care Support Workers, a Speech and Language Therapist and a Clinical Psychologist. It aims to respond to referrals within 72 hours.
Contact Details:David Pollard
david.pollard3@nhs.net
01162953151
Main duties of the job
Team members are expected to complete holistic assessments of patients, formulating plans to prevent placement breakdown or supporting smooth transfer to an alternative environment. Clinicians liaise with the teams medics at the weekly MDT. Clinicians are also required to cover duty on a rota basis, triaging new referrals and responding to contact around patients where the allocated worker is not available.
To work autonomously, taking responsibility for care, quality and clinical activity for a designated caseload of service users To contribute to care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional leadership and guidance, clinical advice and management in relation to the key dimensions of health care quality: Patient safety The effectiveness of all health care interventions Patient experience The environment in which care is delivered To participate in the effective clinical leadership of the team. To actively contribute to the improvement of service and quality of care provision to meet the needs of service users, service users and their families. To act as role model and participate in the education, development and mentorship of other staff.
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 criteria will have preference for interview.
Details
Date posted
20 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
003894
Job locations
The Neville Centre,Leicester General Hospital,
Gwendolen Road,Leicester,LE5 4PW
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE5 4PW
Employer details
Employer name
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
The Neville Centre,Leicester General Hospital,
Gwendolen Road,Leicester,LE5 4PW
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE5 4PW
Employer's website
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