Mental Health Practitioner

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

We are excited to offer an amazing opportunity for the role of Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) to join our vibrant and evolving team. We are looking for dynamic people who are a Mental Health Practitioner, Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist. The team is based at the Bradgate Mental Health Unit and includes the Mental Health Urgent Care hub (MHUCH), Mental Health Response Vehicle (MHRV) and Place of Safety Assessment Unit (PASU) within the Urgent, Emergency and Access Care pathway.

The MHUCH hub is a unit set up during COVID to divert patients from accident and emergency for the purposes of triaging and assessing patients within Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) who are experiencing mental health crisis. It is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with band 6 MHPs and Band 3 Health Care Assistants (HCA's).

The MHRV is a new service set up in early 2024, it is a Mental Health Ambulance grey in colour with the NHS logo inscribed on the side. It provides on the scene triage and assessment for patients in mental health crisis within LLR. It is also staffed by Band 6 MHPs and Band 3 HCA's, operating between 12:00pm and 00:00am 7 days a week.

The Place of Safety Assessment unit is an access unit for patients who are detained under section 136 and under the Mental Health Act 1983. The service offers holding space in a dignified manner for all aged patients within LLR while they wait for an assessment under the mental health act 1983. It is staffed by RMNs and Band 3 HCA's operating 24 hours day 7 days a week.

Shift pattern day shift 08:00am to 08:30pm and night shift 08:00pm to 08:30am.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

We also offer:

• A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days, increasing to 29 days after 5 years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service
• 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
• Various Staff Support Networks

Contact Details:

Kadijatou King

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

The team is dynamic and fast moving and requires Practitioners to work autonomously. You must have excellent clinical skills, be able to demonstrate an ability to complete comprehensive mental state examinations, thoroughly assess patient safety and risk, formulate safe and effective risk management plans and document this clearly. You should have experience of mental health nursing, including crisis care in a variety of settings including community; you will be able work autonomously with awareness of when to seek advice.

You will hold a sound working knowledge of common mental health disorders, the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act

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 including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.

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.