Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust is seeking a Band 6 Eating Disorder Therapist to join their outpatient team. The ideal candidate will be a registered mental health professional with significant experience in mental health, including delivering psychotherapy in various settings. Responsibilities involve working autonomously with a designated caseload, contributing to care quality, and enhancing service provisions for patients experiencing eating disorders. A valid UK driving license is required for this position.

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience in mental health, preferably with eating disorders.
• Experience delivering individual or group psychotherapy.
• Valid UK driving licence and access to a car during working hours.

Responsibilities

• Work autonomously with a caseload of service users.
• Provide professional leadership and clinical advice.
• Contribute to improving service quality.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate evidence-based care.

Skills

Psychotherapy

Team Leadership

Patient Assessment

Education

Registered mental-health professional (RMN, OT)

Job description

We are looking for you! Are you caring, innovative and passionate about your work? Do you value putting your patients first and working with them towards recovery? Do you want to learn and develop your psychotherapy skills? If so, then you are the person we are looking for.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Occupational Therapist, or other suitably qualified healthcare professional to join our Adult Eating Disorders Outpatient team as a permanent Band 6 Eating Disorder Therapist.

You will need to have a core mental‑health profession, be up to date with all professional requirements relevant to your qualification and have significant post‑registration experience.

Experience of working with people with an eating disorder will be a particular strength, though we can offer developmental roles to those with limited experience.

You will be experienced in offering individual or group psychotherapy for patients and will have worked in a mental‑health setting—either inpatient, outpatient or community—to deliver this treatment.

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Main duties of the job

• Work autonomously, taking responsibility for care, quality and clinical activity for a designated caseload of service users, providing assessments, care plans, risk assessments and reviews as part of a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Contribute to care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional leadership, clinical advice and management in relation to key dimensions of health‑care quality.
• The effectiveness of all health‑care interventions.
• The environment in which care is delivered.
• Actively contribute to the improvement of service and quality of care provision to meet the needs of service users and their families.
• Act as a role model and participate in the education, development and mentorship of other staff.
• Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of evidence‑based care to service users according to changing health‑care needs and varying levels of complexity.

Please note that a full UK driving licence and access to a car during working hours is required for this role. Referring to the attached job description and person specification is optional.

About the Trust

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) delivers community health, mental health and learning disability services across more than 100 settings, serving over 1 million people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

LPT is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

All substantive roles require a 6‑month probationary period, permission to work in the UK, DBS disclosure, and for this role, a valid UK driving licence with vehicle access during working hours.

Qualifications and Experience

• Registered mental‑health professional (RMN, OT or other suitably qualified healthcare professional).
• Band 6 permanent position.
• Significant post‑registration experience in mental health, with some experience with eating disorders preferred but not mandatory.
• Experience delivering individual or group psychotherapy, having worked in inpatient, outpatient or community settings.
• Valid UK driving licence and vehicle access during working hours.
• Appropriate level of DBS clearance; requires Disclosure and Barring Service check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exception Order) 1975.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This position requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exception Order) 1975 and a DBS disclosure clearance.