Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

The closing date is 24 May 2024

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!

It is an exciting time for mental health services in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. 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.

City West CMHT are looking for a qualified individual who has experience of supporting individuals with a range of complex mental health needs. Ideal candidates will also have experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team to support individuals and groups of people to recover and gain skills to maintain their mental health and well-being.

We want individuals working in our teams to demonstrate a commitment to a recovery approach and working collaboratively with the people who use our services. We are also looking for people who can develop relationships and work in an integrated way with a range of practitioners from outside of the NHS including primary care, social care and the voluntary-community sector.

In return we offer a robust induction, supportive supervision and ongoing training opportunities. We are very a supportive team that always help each other out and help you to develop your career.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for organising and planning own caseload as an autonomous practitioner and monitoring those of other team members to meet patient priorities and service needs (e.g peer audits). To also work in a multi-disciplinary framework and to prioritise and organise workload effectively and use time management skills which may result in the requirement to readjust plans as situations change/arise such as crisis needs of patients/tribunal reports and Mental Health Act meetings.

The post holder will respond to referrals from Primary care, outpatient and ward settings by undertaking comprehensive assessments of patients who may have complex needs (Mental Health, physical, emotional & psychosocial) using investigative, analytical and clinical reasoning skills to provide accurate reports of their condition and to feed this back to the professionals involved in their care both written and verbally.

To receive clinical supervision on a monthly basis and supervise and co-ordinate less experienced staff and students working with the post holder, ensuring the standards of good practice are consistently achieved through leadership and supervision whilst providing advice, training and education to other members of the MDT/colleagues regarding nursing and evidence based interventions

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

17 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

Reference number

C9313-24-0553

Job locations

City West Community Mental Health Team

39 Hockley Farm Road

Leicester

LE3 1HN

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse

Desirable

Previous community experience would be desirable

Experience

Essential

Relevant profession qualification i.e. RMN, or equivalent
Experience in the delivery of psychosocial/psychologically informed treatments
Evidence of post basic training and development
Demonstrate the ability to: assess, plan, implement, evaluate and review packages of care as the Care Co-Ordinator/Lead Professional
Post registration experience working in mental health
Experience of working under pressure and managing own time
Excellent communication skills and an ability to work with other professionals, carers and organisations

Desirable

Previous experience working in a community setting

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse

Desirable

Previous community experience would be desirable

Experience

Essential

Relevant profession qualification i.e. RMN, or equivalent
Experience in the delivery of psychosocial/psychologically informed treatments
Evidence of post basic training and development
Demonstrate the ability to: assess, plan, implement, evaluate and review packages of care as the Care Co-Ordinator/Lead Professional
Post registration experience working in mental health
Experience of working under pressure and managing own time
Excellent communication skills and an ability to work with other professionals, carers and organisations

Desirable

Previous experience working in a community setting

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).