Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner

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 Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner to to join the Adult Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team based at the Bradgate Mental Health Unit.

We are looking for candidates who are either a Registered Professional Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist who have completed their preceptorship.

Please note it is essential that you have completed your preceptorship.

The Adult Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team provide a service for adults aged 18 and over who, without this service, would require hospital admission to an acute mental health ward, due to mental health crisis which impacts on the persons ability to cope with day-to-day activities.

This post attracts a Welcome Bonus!This comprises of an initial payment of £1,800 pro rata to hours worked, payable with your first salary, a further payment of £1,800 pro rata to hours worked after 12 months service and a final payment of £1,400 pro rata to hours worked after 18 months service. Qualifying criteria and Scheme Rules do apply, including a minimum tenure in post of 24 months to avoid any repayment.Full details are available upon request.

For an informal chat, please contact Harsimran Kalsi on harsimran.kalsi2@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

The role of a Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner within the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment is to provide specialist acute crisis psychiatric interventions and expertise to services users in crisis 24/7 per 52 weeks per year within their own home/residence, providing a gate keeping service to the inpatient wards and community teams.

To facilitate early discharge (Step Down) where appropriate and provide an effective viable alternative to hospital admission for clients in crisis by developing and individualised approach to the practical and functional needs of the service user.

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 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.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Glenfield Hospital,

Groby Road, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 9EJ

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 9EJ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Glenfield Hospital,

Groby Road, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 9EJ

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 9EJ

Employer's website

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

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