Job summary

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!

West Leicestershire CMHT are offering an exciting developmental opportunity for a motivated Band 5 Mental Health Nurse to work towards a Band 6 post in the Community Planned Treatment Team based in Hinckley. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, positive, and willing to learn.

You will need to have completed your preceptorship to be eligible for this post.

The team is friendly, dynamic and constantly evolving to offer the best support and treatment to patients within our local community. Be part of an exciting and truly multi-disciplinary approach to patient care. Work alongside a variety of Professionals within the Team and external agencies including GPs, Mental Health Facilitators, Mental Health Practitioners, Social Services and the Voluntary Sector, to obtain the best recovery possible for our patients.

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 ad hoc support. You will also be given opportunities to access relevant training opportunities as you progress within your career.

For an informal chat or further information, please contact Louise Bown on 01455 443950 or email [email protected].

Main duties of the job

At the beginning of the developmental pathway, you will be assigned a named supervisor who will work with you to discuss individual learning aims, objectives and training needs and guide you through the pathway.

At the end of the developmental pathway, you will have developed your self-knowledge, skill base, confidence and your ability to critically reflect on your work and learning. The pathway is expected to take 12 months to complete (for a full time post).

Working within the team you will hold a clinical caseload and will be supported by the multi-disciplinary team to develop your knowledge and understanding of the patient group, as well as developing your clinical skills.

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 serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

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 are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

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.