Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

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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!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Registered Professional Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapist to join the Mental Health Central Access Point based at Anstey Frith Building County Hall. The key skills for this role will be the ability to demonstrate excellent ongoing assessment, problem solving and risk assessment skills. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to work independently.

You will receive support both emotional and for your ongoing continuing professional development. We have regular one to ones where you can be frank, open and honest about matters affecting you and your work

As part of the team, you will work collaboratively with Psychiatrists, Nurses, Social Workers, OTs and others. The collective support and knowledge is there to enable you to do your work.

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.

Main duties of the job

The Role of a Band 6 Mental Health Central Access Point is to co-ordinate and provide specialist telephone assessments, interventions and expertise to services users in crisis 24/7 per 52 weeks per year over the phone in the community team.

The successful candidate will 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 role will include co ordinating shift working in partnership with Turning Point recovery workers who will need your support and expertise. Working collaboratively to maintain effective communication as a multi-disciplinary team member and with other professionals/agencies to ensure needs are.

The role is dynamic and requires specialist assessment of risk, the Mental Health Central Access Point is a professional and diverse team to work with and will provide you with lots of experience across the acute sector.

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

11 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

C9313-24-0844

Job locations

Leicestershire County Council

Leicester Road

Glenfield

Leicester

LE3 8RN

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you have 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 have 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

Qualifications

Essential

Full current UK Professional Registration (Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker)
A relevant degree or diploma. Demonstrates skills in using electronic records.
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to provide good quality care. Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills.
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.

Desirable

Demonstrates skills in using electronic records.
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to provide good quality care.
Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills.
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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full current UK Professional Registration (Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker)
A relevant degree or diploma. Demonstrates skills in using electronic records.
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to provide good quality care. Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills.
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.

Desirable

Demonstrates skills in using electronic records.
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to provide good quality care.
Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills.
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.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.