Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 186-1532-24-MH
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- City East LMHT
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Mental Health Practitioner/Care Co-ordinator
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, skilled and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner (Band 6) to join the Broxtowe & Hucknall Local Mental Health Team (LMHT). We are looking for applicants from a Mental Health Nurse background who are looking at taking the next step in their career to join our team.
If you are a confident, experienced clinician looking for a new challenge and would like an opportunity to use your skills working in a busy, rewarding and supportive environment we would like to hear from you.
LMHT is a community-based service which operates Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
Main duties of the job
The LMHTs provide mental health services for adults across Nottinghamshire.
We help patients and their families cope with periods of severe mental illness and assess, plan and implement a personalised path of recovery. Some of our patients may require short term intervention, and sometimes longer-term care plans will be put in place.
We are seeking an enthusiastic team player, working within a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability and experience to manage complex cases in partnership with other agencies. In return the successful applicant will receive training and support to develop specific therapeutic skills to enable them to provide a high-quality service to our patients and their families.
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This is a rewarding and vital role within the team, delivering treatment to our patients within a supportive environment. In return, we offer a vast range of benefits and opportunities.
Benefits of working at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust include:
Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Generous NHS pension scheme
Enhanced Maternity and Sick pay
Comprehensive induction and ongoing training
Commitment to career development
Wide range of training and development opportunities
Working in a supportive environment
Retail Discounts
Option to purchase additional Annual Leave
Clinical Supervision
Preceptorship Programme
Staff Health and Wellbeing Services
Day to Day Duties:
Caseload management under the Care Programme Approach
Initial assessments and one-to-one interventions with service users.
To undertake and record comprehensive need/risk assessments, devise and implement treatment plans for service users.
To demonstrate the application of specialist skills and knowledge in order to maintain professional competence and fitness to practice as a nurse practitioner.
To establish and maintain robust communication networks with clients, carers, team members, other health care and social care workers within urgent care and the community
To use interpersonal skills in diffusing potentially emotive situations while undertaking assessments and pathway planning within acute settings.
To demonstrate high level communication skills.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional Qualification (Mental Health) to degree level or equivalent
- Maintains current registration with the NMC.
- Practice based educator qualification or equivalent (or prepared to undertake training)
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration
- Evidence of post registration/specialist qualification in specific service area or other formal training
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of an MDT
- Good skills in assessment, intervention and evaluation of service users care
- IT skills
- Ability to prioritise work
- Interpersonal skills
- Clinical supervision skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working within a mental health clinical setting
Desirable criteria
- The ability to deal with and resolve conflict
- Experience of working within adult community setting
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
- Knowledge of Code of Practice
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of national and local issues impacting care
Training
Essential criteria
- Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery.
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post
Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust Values - Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracy Chalk
- Job title
- City East LMHT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0115 8760153
- Additional information
Nicola Brougham can also be contacted on [email protected]
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