Community Mental Health Nurse

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!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to join a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) that takes pride in what it does.

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, Mental Health Practitioners (nurses and social workers) and Health Care Support Workers, Occupational Therapists and Psychologists.

The teams provide face to face assessments and care for service users referred via the Central Access Point, In-patients, and Crisis 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.

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.

The team covers a catchment area of Melton, Rutland and Market Harborough.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an exceptional Band 6 who is able to demonstrate their clinical experience in managing different mental health conditions.

We are looking for an individual who is committed and motivated to improving patient experience and care and contribute to team building and staff development. You will be expected to demonstrate leadership skills and ability to support your colleagues in the team.

You would be expected to manage a caseload of both functional and organic patients. The post will involve supporting your colleagues and supervising student nurses.

The successful candidate will be able demonstrate the same core values as our organisation; Compassion, Respect, Trust, and Integrity in all aspects of their work .

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

15 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9313-24-0566

Job locations

Melton Mowbray Hospital

Thorpe Road

Melton Mowbray

Leicestershire

LE131SJ

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

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with inpatient setting or community mental health team.
Experience of working with cognitive impairment, Dementia or Alzheimers.

Desirable

Previous working experience in Community Mental Health or in-patient setting.

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Level 1 Qualification Degree or Equivalent.
Evidence of continuing professional development within the last 12 months.
NMC Registration Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality patient centre nursing care and patient education.
Act as a clinical role model, mentor assessor and support for learners.
Driving licence is essential for this post.

Desirable

Post Registration Qualification Leadership or Management Qualification.
Any dementia specific training/post registration qualifications.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with inpatient setting or community mental health team.
Experience of working with cognitive impairment, Dementia or Alzheimers.

Desirable

Previous working experience in Community Mental Health or in-patient setting.

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Level 1 Qualification Degree or Equivalent.
Evidence of continuing professional development within the last 12 months.
NMC Registration Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality patient centre nursing care and patient education.
Act as a clinical role model, mentor assessor and support for learners.
Driving licence is essential for this post.

Desirable

Post Registration Qualification Leadership or Management Qualification.
Any dementia specific training/post registration qualifications.

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.