Mental Health Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Leicester, United Kingdom Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust Full time

Job Overview 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
The team is based in the Leicester Royal Infirmary and provide assessments for over 65s presenting in the acute medical setting with primary or co-morbid mental health problems.
We offer an urgent assessment service to people attending the Emergency Departments in times of mental health crisis, and an assessment and liaison service to the medical wards across the 3 UHL sites.
The service operates 9am-5pm seven days a week.
The Mental Health Liaison Service experiences a high number of referrals which can be complex and challenging.
This provides an excellent opportunity to enhance your practice and develop your nursing skills.
We would require an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced RMN, OT or social worker with relevant post registration experience.
You would work as part of the established team and would need to demonstrate flexibility and a commitment to high standards of patient care.
You should have excellent communications skills and the ability to work alone and as part of a team.
We are proud of our multi-disciplinary team approach, providing holistic mental and physical healthcare.
The team has close working partnerships with Geriatricians, UHL wards and secondary mental health care.
There is an expectation that you would provide some education and teaching regarding mental health issues, to other staff.
We have a strong commitment to supervision, training and regular appraisal, from which you will benefit.
In order to be considered for these posts - you will have already gained experience in mental health nursing within an acute setting (in-patient, crisis team) and have robust and sound clinical assessment and decision-making skills including the ability to prioritise your workload whilst maintaining a degree of flexibility to accommodate competing demands of the service when they arise.
You will have an up-to-date knowledge of national and local policies.
Furthermore the ability to meet local Trust targets in relation to quick response times is essential.
The post requires excellent communication skills both written and verbal and the ability to work in a dynamic and busy environment.
As always, we expect decision-making to be made in collaboration with our service users and carers with a view to facilitating treatment in the least restrictive environment.
Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities) The successful candidate will be able to work autonomously and as part of a wider team, review and triage of referrals whilst c ompleting comprehensive patient centred assessments and c ompleting risk assessments.
Sharing of information relating to patient mental health history and involvement with services and s upporting any advice around specialist treatment plans.
The post holder will be tasked with; Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, across the mental health and acute medical trust Working collaborative with service users and families/carers Referring on to and liaising with other agencies Arrangement of admissions to mental health inpatient services (including MHA assessments) where required Be able to work autonomously and as part of a wider team Providing general advice and liaison to support the care of patients with mental health needs within the acute hospital setting Supporting the education and mental health awareness amongst other healthcare professionals We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
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 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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