Community Psychiatric Nurse

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Melton Mowbray; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner in Melton Mowbray. The role involves assessing referrals, managing a caseload, and providing psychological support. Candidates must be registered Mental Health Nurses with a full UK driving licence. The position offers professional development opportunities and a supportive work environment with various employee benefits.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Holiday allowance starting at 27 days

Free onsite parking

Health and Wellbeing Support

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council or Professional Health Council.
• Hold a full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Assess new referrals and manage an allocated caseload.
• Administer medication in a community setting.
• Engage in risk assessment and safeguarding clients.
• Coordinate care with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work collaboratively

Risk assessment skills

Car driving skills

Education

Qualified Mental Health Nurse

Job description

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 become available to work within Melton Adult Community Mental Health Team for a Mental Health Practitioner.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic team player, to join this growing and developing team- which is undergoing transformation to the new Neighbourhood ways of working.

The team will be able to offer you on-going CPD opportunities, reflective practice space within a fun and supportive team environment.

Here at Melton we have cohesive and fun team who make coming to work a pleasure whilst ensuring the highest standards of care are at the heart of everything we do.

You must be a qualified Mental Health Nurse registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council/Professional Health Council.

You must hold a full UK driving licence and be able to use a car for work purposes.

We also offer:

• A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
• Free onsite parking
• Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance
• Health and Wellbeing Support

For further information or to discuss this post please contact Team Lead; Charlotte Hings on 01664855858

Main duties of the job

This post will include assessingnew people referred to our service and working with an allocated caseload ofexisting service users providing low level psychological interventions andliaising with other professionals to coordinate their care under the CareProgramme Approach.

You will need to be able tosafely administer medication in a community setting, engage in medicinesmanagement and physical health monitoring.

You will need to demonstrateexcellent communication skills and be able to provide clear information aroundhealth promotion and psychoeducation to people who use our services as well asproviding educational input and supervision to nursing students and juniorcolleagues.

You will need to be able to workflexibly and collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team and other agencies.

You will need to be able toassess risk dynamically and work to safeguard our clients at al times. You willwork in our Team Base and in people's homes.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About UsLeicestershire 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.

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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.