Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Community Mental Health Nurse Band 6

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Job summary

City East CMHT MHSOP Community Mental Health Nurse post.

We are delighted to inform you about the fantastic and exciting opportunity that has arisen for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to join the City East Community Mental Health team within Mental Health Services for Older People.

We are looking for experienced professionals who are innovative and passionate about mental health.

We welcome applications from Registered Nurses with experience of supporting people with complex mental health needs and their carers within community settings.

Main duties of the job

We provide holistic and person-centred mental health services for people over 65 with functional and organic conditions and for people under 65 with cognitive impairment.

The CMHT is a well-established multi-disciplinary team, consisting of Consultant Psychiatrists, Nurses and Health Care Support Workers, Occupational Therapists and Psychologists.

The team provide face to face assessments and care for service users referred via the Central Access Point, In-patients, and Crises Teams. The key skills required for these roles include the ability to demonstrate excellent on-going assessment, risk assessment and problem-solving skills and excellent communication skills.

You will be expected to demonstrate leadership skills and ability to support and develop the team in conjunction with the team lead.

About us

Here at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (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

30 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

C9313-23-0313

Job locations

Merlyn Vaz HC

1 Spinney Hill Road

Leicester

le5 3gh

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

Experience

Essential

Evidence of relevant post graduate registration training and
development in particular motivational interviewing, brief solution focussed interventions, cognitive and behavioural approaches and psychosocial interventions to enable the management of a caseload of service users with complex needs

Desirable

Experience of working with Older People with complex mental health conditions

Qualifications

Essential

Current professional registration: Registered Mental Health Nurse,
Evidence of relevant post-graduate registration training and development in particular motivational interviewing, brief solution focussed interventions, cognitive and behavioural approaches and psychosocial interventions to enable the management of a caseload of service users with complex needs.

Desirable

Non-medical Prescriber or willing to work towards (those with NMC Registration only)

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Evidence of relevant post graduate registration training and
development in particular motivational interviewing, brief solution focussed interventions, cognitive and behavioural approaches and psychosocial interventions to enable the management of a caseload of service users with complex needs

Desirable

Experience of working with Older People with complex mental health conditions

Qualifications

Essential

Current professional registration: Registered Mental Health Nurse,
Evidence of relevant post-graduate registration training and development in particular motivational interviewing, brief solution focussed interventions, cognitive and behavioural approaches and psychosocial interventions to enable the management of a caseload of service users with complex needs.

Desirable

Non-medical Prescriber or willing to work towards (those with NMC Registration only)

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Merlyn Vaz HC

1 Spinney Hill Road

Leicester

le5 3gh

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Merlyn Vaz HC

1 Spinney Hill Road

Leicester

le5 3gh

Employer's website

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