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!Our community mental health offer is undergoing a major transformation and we are searching for people with a range of skills and a passion to deliver great mental health services.We currently have afantastic opportunityfor an experienced Mental Health Nurse to apply for Band 6 CPN post inCity WestCMHT.
The CMHT is part of the secondary care services, providing assessments and treatment packages for a range of service users aged 18-65 years, with complex mental health needs.There will be opportunities to develop and University Courses will be available, for example Non-Medical Prescribing.The post holders will maintain a clinical case load, fulfilling all the roles and responsibilities of a Care Coordinator.
They will work effectively in the multidisciplinary team to provide high quality mental health assessments, treatment programs and manage risk.
This work will involve patients and their carers in the delivery of evidence based interventions/treatments, recovery focused work.
You will need to demonstrate enthusiasm and commitment to high quality care as well as possessing good therapeutic and interpersonal skills.
The post holder will be required to work autonomously as well as within the MDT and other settings.
Main duties of the job City West CMHT provide holistic and person-centred mental health services for people aged 18 - 65The CMHT is a well-established multi-disciplinary team, consisting of Consultant Psychiatrists, Nurses and Healthcare Support Workers, Occupational Therapists and Psychologists.
The teams provide face-to-face assessments and care for service users referred via Primary Care, In-patients and Crisis Teams.The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of effective healthcare within the team, by performing comprehensive assessments of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs, taking responsibility for the care needs of individual and groups of clients/service users.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.The post holder will collect, collate and fully accurately report patient information, maintaining accurate complete and contemporaneous nursing records in line with NMC and Trust standards.
Involving clients/service users and carers / relatives in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care.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.
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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.
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