Mental Health Practitioner/Community Mental Health Nurse

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.

• 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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, skilled and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner (Band 6) to join the City East 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.

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.

Professional Qualification (Mental Health) to degree level or equivalent

• Maintains current registration with the NMC or equivalent registration
• Practice based educator qualification or equivalent (or prepared to undertake training)
• Further specialist knowledge/post registration experience in specific service area or other formal training.

Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration

• Evidence of post registration/specialist qualification in specific service area or other formal training
• 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

Working within a mental health clinical setting Specialist and area specific experience. Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.

The ability to deal with and resolve conflict

Experience of working within adult community setting

Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments

Knowledge of Code of Practice

Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery.

A full UK driving license 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.

Ability to work to meet the needs to the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays).

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.

Able to undertake training in the management of violence reduction.

Has the physical ability to perform the full range of nursing duties.

The LMHTs provide mental health services for adults across Nottinghamshire.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.