Band 7 Team Lead Practitioner
The closing date is 16 June 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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a compassionate, enthusiastic, motivated, hardworking individual to join this award-winning service based at OSL House, acting as Team lead for the Leicester City element of the service. It will also involve working alongside & covering for an additional Band 7 Team Lead who represents Charnwood district and Countywide Street Outreach.
An RMN or Registered Nurse (Part 13) qualification or relevant Allied Mental Health professional OT / SW qualifications and previous experience at band 6 (or equivalent) are essential. Relevant post education/training, knowledge / awareness of homelessness, domestic violence & substance use issues and previous community experience and experience of working within the homeless sector are essential.
The service has been granted approval to expand in a phased approach across the wider county districts of Leicestershire & Rutland and commenced last year with Charnwood district & street outreach to people rough sleeping across the whole county of Leicestershire and Rutland. In the future the service will expand to provide a full service offer to all districts of LL&R for all people who are homeless.
Main duties of the job
As the role also involves direct clinical work, candidates will need to demonstrate an ability to provide care for people presenting with mental health difficulties within a variety of settings including day centres, hostels / temporary accommodation and general public settings (street outreach). Excellent assessment, risk management, organisational and communication skills are essential along with a good working knowledge of community care & Hospital admission / discharge process. The ability to use your initiative, work autonomously and manage your time effectively is required along with the ability to work as part of a team and wider multi-agency homeless services.
It is also an essential requirement for the role to involve occasional street outreach to people rough sleeping, enhancing the wider local authorities housing street outreach teams. During these sessions, this would involve significant walking, working in inclement weather, often in some potentially challenging environments (parks, woods, fields etc). Although largely within regular hours (Mon-fri 8:30-16:30). It may also involve some out of hours working (6am start) when required and applicants must be prepared to undertake required duties as part of the HMHS & wider local authority teams (enhancements will be paid for any unsocial hours).
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
02 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
003691
Job locations
OSL House,East Link, Meridian Business Park
,Leicester,LE19 1XU
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE19 1XU
Employer details
Employer name
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
OSL House,East Link, Meridian Business Park
,Leicester,LE19 1XU
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE19 1XU
Employer's website
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