Mental Health Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Registered Professional Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or OT to join the Adult Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team based at the Bradgate Mental Health Unit.

The Adult Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team provide a service for adults aged 18 and over who, without this service, would require hospital admission to an acute mental health ward, due to mental health crisis which impacts on the persons ability to cope with day-to-day activities.

The role is dynamic and requires specialist assessment of risk. The team is professional and diverse and will provide you with lots of experience across the acute sector. The successful candidate will act as a role model and resource for junior/less experienced staff and students.

The key skills for this role will be the ability to demonstrate excellent ongoing assessment, problem solving and risk assessment skills. The successful candidate will have the ability to work independently whilst demonstrating a commitment to the Trust Values and passionate about delivering excellent patient care.

We work collaboratively with Psychiatrists, Nurses, Social Workers, OTs and other professionals to provide collective support and knowledge.

Main duties of the job

The role of a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner within the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment is to co-ordinate and provide specialist acute crisis psychiatric interventions and expertise to services users in crisis 24/7 per 52 weeks per year within their own home/residence, providing a gate keeping service to the inpatient wards and community teams.

To facilitate early discharge (Step Down) where appropriate and provide an effective viable alternative to hospital admission for clients in crisis by developing and individualised approach to the practical and functional needs of the service user.

The successful candidate will be tasked with performing comprehensive assessments of patient nursing needs, planning, implementing and evaluatingcare delivery according to changing health care needs. Takingresponsibility for the care needs of individual and groups of clients/service users. To collect, collate and fully accurately report patient information, maintaining accurate complete and contemporaneous nursing records in line with NMC / HCPC and Trust standards, involvingclients/service users and carers / relatives in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care.

The post holder will co-ordinate, organise and prioritise their own work and where appropriate the work of the nursing team on a day to day basis. Supervisingothers and participatingin their education and development.

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